a term used to describe a situation that has not turned out the way it was supposed to
I went outside during Summer and it started spwinklin. 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.
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."
A vibrantly colored pencil that was dyed to change colors when you sharpened it.
Back in elementary school, I had the coolest Yikes of anyone in my class.
A word used to describe concern, usually in a awkward situation
Ex: *someone gets killed on tv*
"yikes that wouldn't feel good"
In internet slang, particularly on "Leftbook" and Twitter, used to express shock at an abhorrent or morally backwards political opinion.
"Gentrification is good because it will finally get everyone on welfare out of the city"
"Yikes"
"The biggest problem with "Into the Spider-Verse" is that Spiderman is black"
"Yikes"