crikey

English

Etymology

Thought to be an alliterative substitute for Christ (contracted from Christ kill me).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪki

Interjection

crikey

(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) An exclamation of astonishment.
Crikey, that’s a big fish!

Synonyms

For semantic relationships of this term, see wow in the Thesaurus.

Translations

exclamation of astonishment

French: Dieu (fr), mon Dieu (fr)
Italian: cribbio (it), perbacco (it), dannazione (it), osteria (it), alla faccia

Maori: ēhe
Russian: бо́же мой m (bóže moj), на́до же (ru) n (nádo že), о бо́же n (o bóže)

Anagrams

Rickey, rickey, yicker

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