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jumping Jehoshaphat

jumping Jehoshaphat interjection: used to express astonishment.

Interjection

  1. (US, dated) Used to express astonishment.
    • By the jumpin' Geehosofat, what a gurl she air sure enuf!1866, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (Western), London: Richard Bentley, →ISBN, page 100

Synonyms of jumping Jehoshaphat

Questions about jumping Jehoshaphat

What does jumping Jehoshaphat mean?
Jumping Jehoshaphat means used to express astonishment.
What part of speech is jumping Jehoshaphat?
Jumping Jehoshaphat is an interjection.

Words near jumping Jehoshaphat in the dictionary

  1. jumping in one's skin
  2. jumping in with both feet
  3. jumping into action
  4. jumping jack
  5. jumping jacks
  6. jumping Jehoshaphat
  7. jumping Jesus
  8. jumping Judas
  9. jumping mice
  10. jumping mouse
  11. jumping off

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