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mawnansmiff

Lifer
Oct 14, 2015
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Here ya go Shanez.....new word for me too.....

squee, v.​


Brit. Hear pronunciation/skwiː/
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U.S. Hear pronunciation/skwi/
Frequency (in current use): Show frequency band information
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: squee int.
Etymology: < squee int.
colloquial.
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intransitive. Of a person: to utter a high-pitched squealing sound expressive of delight or excitement.

2003 Come Squee with Me in uk.media.tv.er (Usenet newsgroup) 18 June Romano..was so sweet to the girl in today's ER episode. I couldn't actually squee out loud, but I did very loudly in my head.

2006 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 13 Apr. (Report on Business Mag.) b11 I agree with the shippers who squee over the HoYay moment.

2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Dec. (Style section) c1 That is an ideal meet-cute story, the kind that, in the retelling, will make colleagues squee.

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1. Representing a high-pitched squealing or squeaking sound produced by an animal, musical instrument, etc. Sometimes reduplicated.

1865 All Year Round 14 Oct. 269/1 ‘Wheen, squee, rhepe, twiddle’, went the third violin.

1884 Youth's Compan. 10 July 281/3 ‘Squee! Squee!’ cried all the little pigs.., frightened half out of their wits.

1901 Child-garden of Story, Song, & Play Aug. 310 ‘Squee,’ said mousie.

1975 A. Laing Brant Point 27 A gull swooped, crying, ‘Squee! Squee!’

2012 M. Cadnum Seize Storm 171 Shako moved fast, his Nikes whispering, squee squee, on the teakwood decking.

Regards,

Jay.