jiminy cricket
jiminy cricket is the alternative letter-case form of Jiminy Cricket.
Interjection capitalized: Jiminy Cricket
- An expression of annoyance or surprise.
Forms of jiminy cricket
| alternative form | jiminy cricket |
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| alternative form | Jiminy Crickets |
| alternative form | jiminy crickets |
| alternative form | Jimminy Cricket |
| alternative form | jimminy cricket |
| alternative form | Jimminy Crickets |
| alternative form | jimminy crickets |
Origin of jiminy cricket
Euphemistic alteration of Jesus Christ. The cartoon character was named for the minced oath, which is recorded from the early 1800s onwards.
Words formed from jiminy cricket
Questions about jiminy cricket
- What does jiminy cricket mean?
- Jiminy cricket means an expression of annoyance or surprise.
- What is jiminy cricket the alternative letter-case form of?
- Jiminy cricket is the alternative letter-case form of Jiminy Cricket.
- What part of speech is jiminy cricket?
- Jiminy cricket is an interjection.
Words near jiminy cricket in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jiminy cricket (page history and authors); Jiminy Cricket (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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