jeepers

jeepers

A mild exclamation of surprise, astonishment, fear, or delight. Jeepers, you scared me! I didn't think anyone was home. A: "I just found out that they want to promote me to General Manager!" B: "Well, jeepers, Tom—that's great news!"

jeepers creepers

A mild exclamation of surprise, astonishment, fear, or delight. A: "I just found out that they want to promote me to General Manager!" B: "Jeepers creeper, Tom—that's great news!" Jeepers creepers, don't sneak up on me like that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!
See also: creeper, jeepers
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Jeepers(-creepers)!

(ˈdʒipɚzˈkripɚz)
exclam. Wow! Jeepers-creepers! I’m sorry!

Jeepers!

verb
See Jeepers-creepers!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

jeepers creepers!

An interjection of surprise or delight. The equivalent of “no kidding!” or “wow!” depending on the context, the phrase came from a 1938 popular song first sung by Louis “Sachmo” Armstrong in the movie Going Places. The chorus began, “Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those peepers? / Jeepers Creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?”
See also: jeepers
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • Jeepers!
  • Jeepers-creepers!
  • jeepers creepers
  • jeepers creepers!
  • ah
  • (well,) dog my cats
  • (my) goodness
  • ach du lieber
  • (for) land('s) sake(s) (alive)
  • hoo-rah
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They stayed at Jeepers for four hours until closing time when they left, but Nicole didn't arrive home.
Each episode of Season 2 is named after a horror movie, and Tuesday's installment is in honor of the 2001 film "Jeepers Creepers."
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Plus there's reference to the songbooks of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald The orchestra's albums include Jeepers Creepers and My Favourite Things, with tracks A String Of Pearls and The Story of A Starry Night.
The David Berger Jazz Orchestra presents Sing Me A Love Song: Harry Warren's Undiscovered Standards, a music CD featuring vocal performances by Freda Payne and Denzal Sinclaire bringing to life previously unrecorded and unpublished melodies by three-time Academy Award-winning composer Harry Warren (1893-1981)--the creator of such timeless hits as "Lullaby of Broadway", "At Last", and "Jeepers Creepers".
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A Soft Little Lamb!"; and "Jeepers! A Giant Giraffe!" Good art teachers will not need this book.
I just hate it when the new guy says things like "jeepers" or asks stupid questions.