Slang used to express surprise or as a mild oath
also Slangjeepers creepers
Origin of jeepers
euphemistic alteration of Jesusjeepers
jee·persWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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jeepers
interjection
Used to express surprise or annoyance.
Origin of jeepers
Alteration of JesusTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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"jeepers." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/jeepers>.
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jeepers. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/jeepers
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"jeepers." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 09 April 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/jeepers>.
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jeepers. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/jeepers
