jeez

«jeez» in Mova's school dictionary: a cry of surprise, annoyance or shock, a short stand-in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

phrase (interjection; also spelt geez, jeeze)

meaning for a pupil

(euphemism, everyday) a cry of surprise, annoyance or shock, a short stand-in for «Jesus». tree →

sense in the lessons

Very common in casual speech and chat to show feeling; milder than swearing, but some religious people still find it disrespectful. Register: everyday, casual; all regions.

examples

• Jeez, you scared me! tree →
• Jeez, it's hot today. tree →
• Chat: jeez calm down tree →
• Jeez, how many times do I have to tell you? tree →
• Jeez, that's a lot of money for a sandwich. tree →
• Oh jeez, I left my keys inside. tree →

note

Spellings vary: jeez, geez. It can sound rude to some religious people or to teachers if said in annoyance. Plain meaning: «Wow!», «Ugh!»; it replaces «Jesus».

In the corpora

• "Jeez" is a mild word used instead of "Jesus", said in surprise or annoyance.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jeez» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.