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cripes

/kɹaɪps/

cripes interjection: a mild curse or expression of surprise.

Interjection

  1. (euphemistic) A mild curse or expression of surprise.
    • “Cripes, they forgot the chopsticks. It won't feel authentic. How am I supposed to eat my moo shu pizza? Dad, bit of a moo shu fiasco over here. Let's talk damage control.”2017 August 28, Paul Stroud, “Garbage Stan” (13:14 from the start), in American Dad!, season 14, episode 20, spoken by Steve Smith (Scott Grimes)
    Synonyms:
    wow

Proper noun capitalized: Cripes

Cripes

  1. (plural) plural of Cripe

Synonyms of cripes

Origin of cripes

Minced oath for Christ.

Words formed from cripes

Words that rhyme with cripes

Questions about cripes

What does cripes mean?
Cripes means a mild curse or expression of surprise.
What part of speech is cripes?
Cripes can be an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cripes?
Cripes is pronounced /kɹaɪps/.

Words near cripes in the dictionary

  1. crip up
  2. Crip walk
  3. cripavirus
  4. cripaviruses
  5. Cripe
  6. cripes
  7. cripped
  8. Cripped out
  9. cripped up
  10. Crippen
  11. Crippenesque

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