zowie
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of zowie
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Zowie! how quick they got a move on, every single man but the one lone dickey we found knocked out down below-stairs.
From Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes by Newcomb, Ambrose
Along the eastern front of these nations it was softened to "Zowie!" and in that form you can hear the people of eastern New York and Vermont still using it as slang.
From The Trail Book by Austin, Mary Hunter
Zowie!" pipes Duke, sprawled out in the chair, "I thought he was Roberts, the man we wired to come on from Boston!
From Kid Scanlan by Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles)
"Zowie!" says I. "You must have made more of a hit with our swell neighbor than I did, Vee."
From The House of Torchy by Brown, Arthur William
Zowie!" says I. "Some speed to you, Mr. Rowley.
From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster
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