jumping Jehoshaphat

interjection

Used to express astonishment.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. USdatedUsed to express astonishment.

    By the jumpin' Geehosofat, what a gurl she air sure enuf!

    1866, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (Western), London: Richard Bentley, →ISBN, page 100

    Synonyms: great Scott, jumping Jesus, jumping Judas

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionUsed to express astonishment.

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Cite this entry
APA

jumping Jehoshaphat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumping%20Jehoshaphat

MLA

“jumping Jehoshaphat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumping%20Jehoshaphat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jumping Jehoshaphat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jumping%20Jehoshaphat.

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