ee
eh
Interjection Northern England
- eh
- Father advanced with outstretched hand and announced in a loud, very hearty voice: "Ee, I'm pleased to meet ye, lad. […] - 1975, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, The Werewolf and the Vampire:
- 'Ee by gum lass we've seen nought of thee this many a long year, thou's a sight for sore eyes,' he said planting a kiss firmly on Mum's cheek... - 2008, Mavis Crawley, The Rolling Stone: Based on the True Story of My...
Interjection Singapore
- Ew, yuck; expression of disgust.
- Eee, so commercial some might say. - 2000 December 29, Samuel Lee, The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page L8:
Origin
From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).
Noun Northern England, Scotland
- An eye.
- Each turn'd his face with a ghastly pang / And curs'd me with his ee. - 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere":
- […] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word […] - 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering:
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Noun chemistry, natural sciences
- Enantiomeric excess.
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Noun alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of e: the name of the Latin script letter E/e.
- The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch. - 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
- I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. - 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
- ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa". - 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
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Noun entertainment, lifestyle
- Alternative form of e (“The second semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat”).