Content-Length: 176112 | pFad | http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gadzooks

GADZOOKS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

Advertisement

Advertisement

Gadzooks

[ gad-zooks ]

interjection

Archaic.
  1. (used as a mild oath.)


gadzooks

/ ɡædˈzuːks /

interjection

  1. archaic.
    a mild oath
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gadzooks1

1645–55; perhaps representing God's hooks (i.e., the nails of Christ's Cross); Gad
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gadzooks1

C17: perhaps from God's hooks (the nails of the cross); see Gad 1
Discover More

Example Sentences

She’s just as comfortable with language that dates from the ’50s, peppering her speech with words like “gadzooks” and “egad.”

I do not have the T-shirts that she likes, because they are from a store called Gadzooks, which is in the mall of new clothes.

Choosing to forgive strange smells or choosing that Gadzooks is not the only place that boyfriends can shop.

Jones video-chats with The Post in late August from outside a house he is renting in Los Angeles, where he is already in the midst of finishing a follow-up to “Gadzooks,” released Friday by Sacred Bones.

Listening to "Gadzooks" feels like you're running through a fun house.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


gadzookerygae









ApplySandwichStrip

pFad - (p)hone/(F)rame/(a)nonymizer/(d)eclutterfier!      Saves Data!


--- a PPN by Garber Painting Akron. With Image Size Reduction included!

Fetched URL: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gadzooks

Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy