gee whiz
/dʒiː wɪz/
gee whiz interjection: an expression of surprise, enthusiasm, or annoyance: wow or so what?
Interjection
- An expression of surprise, enthusiasm, or annoyance: wow or so what?
- You only got 10% in the test. Gee whiz – you'll get over it.
- When people would get off they always gasped out: 'Gee whiz, what a horse! Gee whiz, did you ever see anything like that! '1905, Lloyd Osbourne, Baby Bullet: The Bubble of Destiny, page 116
Adjective
gee whiz
- Very good, impressive.
- These are some gee-whiz photographs.
Examples of gee whiz in a sentence
- Gee whiz, how do people have fun when they're married and have a family?1959 April 23, “Beaver's Newspaper”, in Leave It to Beaver, season 2, episode 30 (television production), spoken by Theodore Cleaver (Jerry...
- That's the way I feel now; I just wrote the novels and made up the languages, and gee whiz, they make sense!1979, Walter Breen, The Darkover Concordance:
Origin of gee whiz
Alteration of Jesus.
Words formed from gee whiz
Questions about gee whiz
- What does gee whiz mean?
- Gee whiz means an expression of surprise, enthusiasm, or annoyance: wow or so what?
- How do you use gee whiz in a sentence?
- Gee whiz, how do people have fun when they're married and have a family?
- What part of speech is gee whiz?
- Gee whiz can be an interjection or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce gee whiz?
- Gee whiz is pronounced /dʒiː wɪz/.
Words near gee whiz in the dictionary
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