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leaping lizards

leaping lizards interjection: a cry of amazement.

Interjection

  1. A cry of amazement.
    • Leaping lizards! Is it really you?1953, Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People
    • "Leaping lizards, are you naive."2008 May 6, Annette Blair, Gone with the Witch, Penguin, →ISBN, page 230

Origin of leaping lizards

Originally a catchphrase of Little Orphan Annie.

Questions about leaping lizards

What does leaping lizards mean?
Leaping lizards means a cry of amazement.
What part of speech is leaping lizards?
Leaping lizards is an interjection.

Words near leaping lizards in the dictionary

  1. leaping for joy
  2. leaping house
  3. leaping houses
  4. leaping into action
  5. Leaping Lena
  6. leaping lizards
  7. leaping out
  8. leaping through hoops
  9. leaping to mind
  10. leaping up
  11. leaping-house

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