Gadzooks
interjection
(used as a mild oath.)
Gadzooks
American
[gad-zooks]
/ ˌgædˈzuks /
Also
Odzookers.
interjection
Archaic.
gadzooks
British
/ ɡædˈzuːks /
interjection
Etymology
Origin of Gadzooks
1645–55; perhaps representing God's hooks (i.e., the nails of Christ's Cross); cf. Gad
Example Sentences
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Listening to "Gadzooks" feels like you're running through a fun house.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021
Gadzooks, stay 'way from this mess if your mama wants to see you toe the straight and narrow line to normality.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012
"Gadzooks, what a long way that seems to take one back!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Week-Ending Columnist Hedda Hopper, on encountering lei-bearing greeters at Honolulu's airfield: "Gadzooks, what a reception for an old goat!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Choosing to forgive strange smells or choosing that Gadzooks is not the only place that boyfriends can shop.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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