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 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!
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 response for when someone tells you bad news.
Leander: Bro I got raped and now I have a std.
Noah: Yikes Dude.