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View synonyms for golly

golly

[ gol-ee ]

interjection

, Informal.
  1. (used as a mild exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, puzzlement, pleasure, or the like.)


golly

1

/ ˈɡɒlɪ /

verb

  1. to spit
“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


noun

  1. a gob of spit
“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

golly

2

/ ˈɡɒlɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for golliwog
“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

golly

3

/ ˈɡɒlɪ /

interjection

  1. an exclamation of mild surprise or wonder
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of golly1

First recorded in 1840–50; euphemistic alteration of God
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Word History and Origins

Origin of golly1

C20: altered from gollion a gob of phlegm, probably of imitative origin

Origin of golly2

C19: originally a euphemism for God
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Example Sentences

Sure, her gee-golly choreography is unbearable cute, but watch her eyes.

In its golly-gosh sincerity, the Dunham ad, by contrast, helps to remind young women that they are empowered sexual beings.

"Gotta appeal to independents, but my gosh golly gumsticks, I can't offend the base..." So what happened next?

And Yahoo above all reminds us just how unromantic and unforgiving the golly-gee world of new technology is.

He was humble and patient, an earnest man simply trying, by golly, to do his level best for others.

If dat preacher goes to run a bar agin me,” he says, “py golly, I makes no more moneys!

"Golly, but she's a gold dollar in a gold bank," remarked Jesse Bulrush warmly as he lurched into the street.

"By golly, I wouldn't go and feel that foolish again, not if yuh paid me for it," Slim declared.

"By golly, I want t' have a talk with that there broncho-tamer," Slim growled behind them.

"He didn't need no field glass to see you was a suspicious character, by golly," chortled Slim.

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