Perhaps derived from yoicks , a hunting call used to urge hounds after a fox, which is attested from —, that also is sometimes used as an exclamation of excitement or triumph. Yoicks is perhaps related to the earlier hoicks. Hoicks alternatively hoick , hoic or hoik is a variant of hyke , which was used as an exclamation of encouragement to hounds hunting deer. Further etymology unknown. Alternatively, it may be derived from yipes , which is an earlier exclamation of similar usage as yikes and is often considered to be an alternative form of yikes. Yipes may be derived from yipe , which itself may be derived from the yie sound often used to express pain or dismay, with the -p adding onto it in the same way as yep and nope. Or, yipes may be derived from the yip ping sound that dogs make.

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