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jeezy-peezy

jeezy-peezy interjection: an expression of surprise or frustration.

Interjection

  1. (minced oath) An expression of surprise or frustration.
    • At 1,200 yards, Boyle fired four torpedoes. Two hit. Boyle fired two more torpedoes. Another hit. Boyle’s TDC operator jumped up and down excitedly, exclaiming, “Jeezie beezie! We hit him. We hit him!”1975 April, Clay Blair, chapter 39, in Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 853

Forms of jeezy-peezy

alternative formjeezie-peezie
alternative formjeezy-beezy
alternative formjeezie-beezie
alternative formjeezle-peezle

Origin of jeezy-peezy

Alteration of Jesus with reduplication. Compare jeepers creepers.

Questions about jeezy-peezy

What does jeezy-peezy mean?
Jeezy-peezy means an expression of surprise or frustration.
What part of speech is jeezy-peezy?
Jeezy-peezy is an interjection.

Words near jeezy-peezy in the dictionary

  1. Jeezerites
  2. jeezly
  3. Jeezum
  4. Jeezum Crow
  5. Jeezus
  6. jeezy-peezy
  7. JEF
  8. Jefcoat
  9. Jefcoats
  10. jefe
  11. jefe político

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