interjection
- used to express surprise, amazement, or mild alarm
Usage: British informal; euphemistic
Examples
- Crikey, that was a close call!
- Crikey! I didn’t expect to see you here.
- The bill came to two hundred dollars – crikey!
- Crikey, look at the size of that spider!
- Crikey, we’re going to be late if we don’t hurry.
- That’s a lot of money, crikey!