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# cripes

interjection (cripes)

«cripes» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(informal, old-fashioned, euphemism) a cry of surprise, alarm or annoyance; a soft stand-in for «Christ». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#m1)

### In the lessons

An old-fashioned mild exclamation from comics, old school stories and grandparents; safe and a bit funny today. All regions.

### Examples

- Cripes, that was close! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#x1)
- Cripes, I've lost my keys again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#x2)
- «Cripes!» said the boy in the old comic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#x3)
- Cripes, it's freezing in here. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#x4)
- Oh, cripes, the dog's eaten my sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#x5)
- Cripes, what a mess! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/#x6)

### Note

Mild, harmless and old-fashioned. It sounds like a character from an old children's book.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cripes» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripes/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cripes» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cripes.html) on Mova free.