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bejesus
[ bih-jee-zuhs, -jey- ]
interjection
- (used as a mild oath expressing dismay, anger, or the like.)
noun
- Informal. dickens; devil; deuce:
The conglomerate plans to take that tiny company and expand the bejesus out of it.
bejesus
/ ɪˈɪə /
interjection
- an exclamation of surprise, emphasis, etc, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
noun
- the bejesus(intensifier) used in such phrases as beat the bejesus out of , scare the bejesus out of , etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bejesus1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bejesus1
Example Sentences
“And you see these ads that scare the bejesus out of you, you’re like, ‘I know Trump’s weird or whatever, but I would rather his weirdness that doesn’t affect my kids.'”…
The Redondo Beach Pier, first built in 1888 as a lumber wharf, burned spectacularly in 1988, perhaps from an electrical short from damage by two immense storms that had just beaten the bejesus out of the place.
Santiago’s descent begins one night when a dead body scares the bejesus out of him by opening its eyes and screaming “Kill me, please.”
Mr. Skal was an author with encyclopedic knowledge of a subject not always taken seriously — movies meant to scare the bejesus out of people — whose erudition, combined with a chatty writing style, made his books lively and entertaining.
If such talk doesn’t scare the bejesus out of most voters once they’re tuned in, I’m confident it will at least turn off enough of them to give Mr. Thumbs-up a thumbs-down.
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