Yikes

An exclamatory phrase used in response to a friend's minor medical calamity.

Margaux: Don't eat the spinach! There's a salmonella recall!
Michelle: (chomping away)...huh?
Margaux: Yikes...

Raj: I got a mosquito bite on the hump of my nose! It looked like it came straight out of an antisemitic drawing!
Jenny: Yikes!

by Kung Fu Sammy July 6, 2011

yikes

An informal exclamation used when someone says something so incomprehensible or ridiculous that it's not worth correcting or trying to debate.

> You know, Crooked Hillary sold child slaves at that pizza shop!!
> yikes.

by ntp479 March 14, 2018

yikes

A reaction to when something terrible, awkward, shady, or odd happens.

"I saw Sarah leave the back room of the party last night with Freddy but today she's holding hands and kissing Jason."

"...Yikes."

by cheysshi June 15, 2016

Yikes

A response for when someone tells you bad news.

Leander: Bro I got raped and now I have a std.
Noah: Yikes Dude.

by YikesDude May 30, 2023

yike

The shitty off brand of nike.

twitch.tv/burpboy is sponsered by yike.

by iamshaw June 24, 2018

Yike

Modern slang for breaking-up with someone. Commonly misunderstood for "yikes" which is used to imply something is negative.

"if what I think on that subject is actually a problem for you... Yike."

by Ciara Genni November 17, 2022

Yiked

The past tense of saying yikes to something

"I came, I saw, I yiked"

by stubbornmirror March 8, 2022