jeez

Related to jeez: gosh

jeez

A mild expression of surprise, annoyance, anger, disappointment, etc. (A minced oath for "Jesus.") Jeez, Tom, don't you think you could have warned me before you turned on the sprinklers? Oh, jeez, not again! That's the third time this month that the car battery has died. Jeez, you scared me! I didn't think anyone was home.

jeez Louise

A mild expression of surprise, annoyance, anger, disappointment, etc. (The rhyming word "Louise" is added to give emphasis to "jeez," a minced oath for "Jesus.") Jeez Louise, Tom, don't you think you could have warned me before you turned on the sprinklers? Oh, jeez Louise, not again! That's the third time this month that the car battery has died. Jeez Louise, don't sneak up on me like that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!
See also: jeez, Louise
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Jeez!

exclam. Jesus! (Uttered as a euphemistic oath.) Jeez! I did it again!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • Jeez!
  • jeeze
  • jeez Louise
  • geez
  • geeze
  • geez Louise
  • Louise
  • It sucks
  • it/that sucks
  • (good) heavens
References in periodicals archive
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I'm joking!" Actress Sophia Loren, 80, above, when asked about the secret of her beauty "Jeez, he looked like thunder.
"I looked around and I was like, 'Jeez, I should just set my hair on fire or something'."
JEEZ, what is wrong with you at the Sunday Mercury?
But then you see the fine print - "Contributions are not tax deductible." Jeez - don't they have tax deductions for pornographic art and other filth?
"Jeez, we'll be lucky to have a winner," says Morris, who looks wonderfully wild, as does his hair.
Jeez. No sooner has Angela Griffin disappeared after joining ambulance crews in deprived parts of Glasgow than 'ard man Ross Kemp rolls in.
Calvin later told his Twitter followers: "Jeez you turn down one remix in 2008 and next thing the whole world's on your back.
"And then looking back on screen and saying, 'Jeez, it was borderline.' "I've never actually thought about it.
"This FBI guy grabs my hand and says, 'You do not ask the President of the United States for an autograph with a cigarette packet', And I was like, 'Jeez, I'm sorry...'
Of the morning line he said: "Jeez, they made me 2-5.
worldcup101.com creator, and Canadian, Duncan Lou, says "Jeez, don't sweat it, buddy!" (probably), and invites the fact-shy to brush up on their World Cup trivia at his homemade shrine to football's greatest event.
But as that wise woman Whitney Houston sang, "Impossible things are happening every day." Jeez, I'm nau-seating myself.
"But, jeez, England were so hopeless at Headingley that I reckon there will be a few Poms hanging themselves from the rafters before the final Test is over.