blimey
Syllables: bli·meyUK/ˈblaɪmi/
blimey interjection: used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
Interjection
- Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
- Blimey! I didn’t see that!
- Blimey! Where did you come from?
- Synonyms:
- wow, adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora, bless my heart
blimey meaning in Tamil
blimey in Tamil
- ஆச்சர்யத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் சொல், விளி, இடைச்சொல்
Examples of blimey in a sentence
- There ain't no Invisible Man whatsoever—Blimey.1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “At Port Stowe”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers...
- 'But, if there's room, aren't they bound to take me in?' / 'Course they are,—and, blimey, if I was you I'd make 'em.1897 September, Richard Marsh [pseudonym; Richard Bernard Heldmann], “Outside”, in The Beetle: A Mystery, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin...
- "Blimey," he said, "this is a bit er orl roight!1919, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume IV, London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, →OCLC, page 99, column 1:
- "Blimey!" he says in his rough, shepherd's voice, "blimey, but it's cruel 'ard to be chucked out of one's digs wivout a blarsted word! [...]"1935, Kenneth [Lewis] Roberts, “For Authors Only”, in For Authors Only: And Other Gloomy Essays, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran &...
Synonyms of blimey
- wow
- ay
- caramba
- mirabile dictu
- chihuahua
- bleeding heck
- bleeding Nora
- bless my heart
- bless my soul
- bless us
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- blige
- bloody hell
- bloody Nora
- blow me down
- butter my butt and call me a biscuit
- by all that is holy
- by Allah
- by cracky
- by George
- by God
- by golly
- by gosh
- by gum
- by gummy
- by jingo
- by Jove
- by juckies
- by Jupiter
- by thunder
- by the living jingo
- Christ
- Christ alive
- Christ almighty
- Christ on a bike
- Christ on a cracker
- Christ on a raft
- Christ on a stick
- Christ on a crutch
- coo
- cor
Forms of blimey
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Origin of blimey
A minced oath derived from (God) blind me (either concurrent with or from a clipping of cor blimey or gorblimey), or blame me. Compare crivvens, drat, etc.
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Questions about blimey
- What does blimey mean?
- Blimey means used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
- What is blimey in Tamil?
- Blimey in Tamil is ஆச்சர்யத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் சொல், விளி, இடைச்சொல். See Blimey meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use blimey in a sentence?
- There ain't no Invisible Man whatsoever—Blimey.
- What part of speech is blimey?
- Blimey is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce blimey?
- Blimey is pronounced /ˈblaɪmi/ (UK).
Words near blimey in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: blimey (page history and authors); blimey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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