Gadzooks

[ gad-zooks ]

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

Origin of Gadzooks

1
1645–55; perhaps representing God's hooks (i.e., the nails of Christ's Cross); cf. Gad

Words Nearby Gadzooks

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How to use Gadzooks in a sentence

  • The poor fish claps his hand to his forehead and cries 'Gadzooks!

    The Adventures of Sally | P. G. Wodehouse
  • Gadzooks, neighbors, but I shouldn't be a whit surprised if that old party is a duke in disguise!

    The Frontiersmen | Charles Egbert Craddock
  • Well, this Mr. Summerfield is a brave Fellow, Gadzooks he is.

    The City Bride (1696) | Joseph Harris
  • Gadzooks, a most ingenious contrivance—if we were to go through with it.

    Love for Love | William Congreve
  • Gadzooks, Jenny, will I never get sense or liberality into your head?

British Dictionary definitions for gadzooks

gadzooks

/ (ɡædˈzuːks) /


interjection
  1. archaic a mild oath

Origin of gadzooks

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

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