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jiminy crickets

jiminy crickets is the alternative form of Jiminy Cricket.

Meaning of Jiminy Cricket

Interjection

  1. An expression of annoyance or surprise.

Interjection capitalized: Jiminy Crickets

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Jiminy Cricket.
    • "Jiminy crickets, Bish!" exclaimed the Doctor, "what sort of hash are you and the Judge giving us? This isn't anybody's red-hot folk-lore society! Drop it all—can't you?1912, Thomas A. Janvier, Beverly's Pneumatic Cat-Silencer
    • Some day, I feel like the old timer who once said, "Jiminy Crickets, hain't life changed since I was a boy?"1992, Reba Young, Truman's Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, page 27

Questions about jiminy crickets

What is jiminy crickets the alternative form of?
Jiminy crickets is the alternative form of Jiminy Cricket.
What part of speech is jiminy crickets?
Jiminy crickets is an interjection.

Words near jiminy crickets in the dictionary

  1. Jiminez
  2. Jiminezes
  3. jiminy
  4. Jiminy Christmas
  5. jiminy cricket
  6. jiminy crickets
  7. Jimison
  8. Jimisons
  9. jimjam
  10. jimjammed
  11. jimjamming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jiminy crickets (page history and authors); Jiminy Crickets (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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