How to pronounce yikes
Listen to yikes in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“yikes” in real sentences
71 clips in the index · 9 American. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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yikes that's my Jack Benny yikes I've always wanted to do that yikes much better what
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Oh yikes, there they come.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
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yikes where did you get this
Mr. Roughton · hear it here
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unrealistic and i'm like oh is it oh yikes
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of yikes. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.