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jakers

jakers interjection: an expression of surprise or emotion.

Interjection

  1. (Ireland, colloquial, dated) An expression of surprise or emotion
    • Be jakers, what are they hushing at—and staring at me as if I wor a Roschicrucian.1838, Charles Dance, “The Irish Lion”, in The Acting National Drama, volume 4, Chapman & Hall, page 75
    • O jakers, Jenny, says Joe, how short your shirt is!1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin of jakers

* minced oath from Jaysus. Compare jeepers.

Questions about jakers

What does jakers mean?
Jakers means an expression of surprise or emotion.
What part of speech is jakers?
Jakers is an interjection.

Words near jakers in the dictionary

  1. jake brakes
  2. Jake it
  3. jake leg
  4. jaked
  5. jakeloo
  6. jakers
  7. jakes
  8. jakes house
  9. jakes houses
  10. jakes-house
  11. jakes-houses

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