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arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction
- most of the movie's budget must have gone for its gee-whiz special effects
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gee whiz
interjection
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“Gee-whiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gee-whiz. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of gee-whiz was in 1876
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