"yikes" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to express surprise, shock, fear, or dread. Example sentence: "Oh boy, I just realized we only have one week to finish the project. Yikes!".
She added: "Yikes, I am being reported to Channel 4 and the BBC.
Yikes!Just one more thing, and then I'm off to Yale:It's harder than it looks, don't you agree Exit the ghost.
But he delivers his jabs too fast, turning them all into glancing blows.9 31: Yikes.
A statement (also in Polish) from the MFA in Warsaw gives more of the details.Update II: YIKES!
Yikes, one felt, shoving one's hands deeper into one's pockets.
A couple of times a month I stop and just think "yikes! this is utter magic".
There's a wonderful moment in "Novacane" when Frank, reminiscing about a toxic (and intoxicated) relationship, sings "Cocaine for breakfast... ...... and the entire audience, knowing their role, shout "Yikes!" Most exciting, however, is the unveiling of new material, raising the enticing prospect that Frank Ocean's qualities – musical and "star" – can only rise from here.
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