squeev.
/skwiː/, U.S. /skwi/ colloquial.
intransitive. Of a person: to utter a high-pitched squealing sound expressive of delight or excitement.
ΚΠ
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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
squeeint.n.
/skwiː/, U.S. /skwi/ A. int.
1. Representing a high-pitched squealing or squeaking sound produced by an animal, musical instrument, etc. Sometimes reduplicated.
ΚΠ
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.
2. An exclamation expressing delight or excitement.
ΚΠ
1998 Re: Ewok Fangirl needs Ewok 2 Pack in rec.arts.sf.starwars.collecting.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Apr. Thanks to everyone that wrote, I'll be getting one in the mail soon! :) Squee! I am so happy.
2004 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 28 Oct. (XL Ent. section) 4 I think of the Drag and the Cactus Cafe and the Dobie and (squee!) Buffalo Exchange.
2009 D. Broderick Chained to Alien Introd. 12 The domain of forums and blogs and..twitter tweets (‘omg nu moon!! squee!’).
2012 J. DeVillers & J. Roy Double Feature iv. 38 ‘Squee!’ Payton squealed and jumped up from the chair. ‘Squee! Eeee! Yay!’
B. n.
1. A high-pitched squealing or squeaking sound produced by an animal, musical instrument, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek
squealingc1325
skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
1938 J. Walpole-Bond Hist. Sussex Birds II. 3 A squeal something akin to the ‘squee’ of the Red-backed Shrike is heard.
a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1972) 9 Ever so far, in the hush, you can hear a tiny squee of something, the nameless asthmas of the throat of Time.
1988 Spin Aug. 85/2 The squee of a wild-card synthesizer.
2014 A. Smith How to be Both 66 A noise smaller than the squee of a mosquito.
2. A cry of ‘squee’ used to express delight or excitement.
ΚΠ
2004 Crown 20 Oct. ( Redeemer Univ. Coll., Ontario) 9/2 A squee may be as simple as a high-pitched squeal or may be as complex as full-body convulsions..and hyperventilation.
2009 K. Healey in A. Ndalianis Contemp. Comic Bk. Superhero 158 In her comments..she does not linguistically perform the stereotypical fangirl with netspeak or the squees..found in media fandom.
2015 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 18 Sept. Here in plucky New Zealand, we emit a collective ‘squee’ when mentioned pretty well anywhere overseas.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.2003
int.n.1865