leaping lizards

interjection

A cry of amazement.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. A cry of amazement.

    "Leaping lizards, are you naive."

    2008 May 6, Annette Blair, Gone with the Witch, Penguin, →ISBN, page 230
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    Leaping lizards! Is it really you?

    1953, Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People

    'Why are you doing this to us?' said the mad mother, waving her arms all over the show. Leaping lizards. Is she having some sort of attack?

    2017 April 25, Ian Collins, 67 People I'd Like To Slap, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN

Origin

Originally a catchphrase of Little Orphan Annie.

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APA

leaping lizards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaping%20lizards

MLA

“leaping lizards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaping%20lizards. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leaping lizards,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaping%20lizards.

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