/ ˈdʒiːpəz; NAmE -pərz/ (also ˌjeepers ˈcreepers ) exclamation
( especially NAmE , informal ) used to express surprise or shock :
Jeepers! That car nearly hit us!
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WORD ORIGIN
1920s: alteration of Jesus .
/ ˈdʒiːpəz; NAmE -pərz/ (also ˌjeepers ˈcreepers ) exclamation
( especially NAmE , informal ) used to express surprise or shock :
Jeepers! That car nearly hit us!
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WORD ORIGIN
1920s: alteration of Jesus .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005