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# jeepers

«jeepers» in Mova's school dictionary: **a cry of surprise or shock, a mild stand-in for «Jesus»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

phrase (interjection; also jeepers creepers)

### meaning for a pupil

(euphemism, old-fashioned, US) a cry of surprise or shock, a mild stand-in for «Jesus». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used to show surprise without swearing or using a holy name; heard in old films, cartoons and from older people, sometimes jokingly. Register: old-fashioned, child-friendly; mainly US, also Australia.

### examples

- Jeepers, that was close! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#x1)
- Jeepers creepers, where'd you get those peepers? (old song) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#x2)
- Jeepers, look at all that snow! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#x3)
- In the cartoon, the boy cries, «Jeepers!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#x4)
- Chat: jeepers that's expensive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#x5)
- Jeepers, I forgot my lunch again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/#x6)

### note

It is not about jeeps. It sounds old-fashioned or cute today. Plain meaning: «Wow!» or «Oh no!»; it replaces «Jesus».

### In the corpora

- ["Jeepers" is an old-fashioned American mild word used instead of "Jesus".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jeepers» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jeepers/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.