Crikey
[krahy-kee] /ˈkraɪ ki/
interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation of surprise, amazement, dismay, etc.)
/ˈkraɪkɪ/
interjection
1.
(slang) an expression of surprise
interjection
an exclamation of surprise, a mild oath; cf. criminy , crimine
See criminy
Word Origin
euphemism for ‘Christ’
exclamation, 1838, probably one of the many substitutions for Christ.
n,interj
Christ: Crikey but it was a rum go (1838+ British)
Read Also:
- Crile
[krahyl] /kraɪl/ noun 1. George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Crill
noun : The traffic gets worse in the spring and peaks by summer. The youths come to sell ”crills,” or hits of crack wrapped in plastic, for $15 to $20 (1990s+)
- Crim
1. . /krɪm/ noun, adjective 1. (slang) short for criminal abbreviation 1. criminal criminal
- Crimea
[krahy-mee-uh, kri-] /kraɪˈmi ə, krɪ-/ noun 1. the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. 2. a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, now a region of Ukraine. About 10,000 sq. mi. (25,900 sq. km). /kraɪˈmɪə/ noun 1. a peninsula and autonomous region in Ukraine between the […]
- Crime-against-humanity
noun 1. a crime or series of crimes, such as genocide, directed against a large group because of religion, ethnicity, country of origin, or other reason unconnected with any individual’s responsibility for having committed a criminal act.