Meaning & use

Jeeze

interjection·Everyday

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Used to express surprise, frustration, or exasperation.

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Jeeze, I didn't expect the meeting to run three hours long.

Jeeze, that was a close call on the highway.

A note on using this word

A euphemistic alteration of 'Jesus,' softened to avoid using the name directly; spelled variously as 'jeez,' 'geez,' or 'jeeze.'

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