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Cripes meaning

A mild curse or expression of surprise.

Using Cripes

  • The main meaning on this page is: A mild curse or expression of surprise.
  • In the example corpus, cripes often appears in combinations such as: for cripes, cripes sake, cripes you.

Context around Cripes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

sake 2×

Sentence patterns with Cripes

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

but for cripes sake why 1× cripes why can 1× cripes you all 1× cripes you very 1× for cripes sake you 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but for cripes 1× cripes why can 1× cripes you all 1× cripes you very 1× for cripes sake 1×

Common sentence endings:

don t you 1× midwest for 160 1× party like that 1× press like that 1× to saudi arabia 1×

Words around Cripes

Just before it in the word index:

cripe 2 crip 9 criollos 8 criollo 10 criolla 7 crinolines 3

Just after it in the word index:

crippen 9 crippin 2 cripple 137 crippled 238 cripplegate 4 crippler 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Cripes

  • In this selection, "cripes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of questions.
  • Around the word, sake stand out and add context to how "cripes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include but for cripes sake why and cripes why can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cripes" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cripes

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Cripes, you all remember it, don't you? (8 words)

Cripes, you very rarely get politicians speaking to the Press like that. (12 words)

Cripes, why can’t I get invited to a party like that? (12 words)

Longer example sentences

But for cripes sake, why would he make his stance on Turkey and the Kurds a matter of “ending endless wars” if he he was about to deploy American troops to the region, specifically 1,800 more to Saudi Arabia? (40 words)

For cripes sake, you can buy a house in parts of the midwest for $160. (15 words)

Cripes, you very rarely get politicians speaking to the Press like that. (12 words)

Question examples

But for cripes sake, why would he make his stance on Turkey and the Kurds a matter of “ending endless wars” if he he was about to deploy American troops to the region, specifically 1,800 more to Saudi Arabia? (40 words)

Cripes, why can’t I get invited to a party like that? (12 words)

Cripes, you all remember it, don't you? (8 words)

Example sentences (5)

But for cripes sake, why would he make his stance on Turkey and the Kurds a matter of “ending endless wars” if he he was about to deploy American troops to the region, specifically 1,800 more to Saudi Arabia?

Cripes, you very rarely get politicians speaking to the Press like that.

For cripes sake, you can buy a house in parts of the midwest for $160.

Cripes, why can’t I get invited to a party like that?

Cripes, you all remember it, don't you?

Common combinations with cripes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cripes" in a sentence?
An example: "But for cripes sake, why would he make his stance on Turkey and the Kurds a matter of “ending endless wars” if he he was about to deploy American troops to the region, specifically 1,800 more to Saudi Arabia?" This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "cripes" from authentic English texts.
What does "cripes" mean?
Cripes means: A mild curse or expression of surprise.
How many example sentences with "cripes" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "cripes", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.