sb. An imitation of the cry of the woodpecker. So Yike v.
1889. D. Jordan & Jean A. Owen, Woodland, Moor, etc. 38. The yikeing laugh of the green woodpecker. Ibid. (1891), Within an Hour London T., xi. [The green woodpecker] making the woods ring with his maniacal yikes!
1892. Forest Tithes (1893), 126. The yaffle shins about, yells, laughs, and yikes to his heart’s content.
