crikey
Meaning
An exclamation of surprise, amazement or dismay.
Example
Crikey, look at the size of that croc!
Origin
A euphemistic alteration of 'Christ'.
Variants
crickey
Nearby words
- cracker nightA night, such as Empire Day or the Queen's Birthday, on which people let off fireworks and lit bonfires…
- crash hotVery good; usually in the negative, 'not crash hot', meaning not very good or not very well.
- crayA crayfish, especially a spiny rock lobster.
- cribA packed meal or snack eaten during a work break, especially by miners and labourers; also the break itself.
- crimA criminal.
- Crimean shirtA coloured flannel shirt of the kind worn by bushmen and diggers in the 19th century.
- crimson rosellaA parrot of south-eastern Australia, Platycercus elegans, with crimson plumage and blue cheeks and wings.
- cronkSick or unsound. Of a racehorse or race, fixed or dishonestly run.