gosh
- (used as an exclamation or mild oath): Gosh, this bag is heavy!
Origin of gosh
Examples from the Web for gosh
Contemporary Examples of gosh
I thought: gosh, he really has grown, although he still seems young.
Gosh, if I could bring back anyone else—it would take all day!
“Oh my gosh, you have no idea, it was terrifying,” she says.
“Gosh, it was on Oscar night,” said Patridge, star of the MTV reality series The Hills.
Once the show was done shooting they said, “Oh my gosh, I hope we get a second season cause that was so much fun.”
Historical Examples of gosh
Gosh, I got to laffin' so I had to git right out of the cort house.
Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre StoriesCal Stewart
Gosh, I jist fooled him out of his two dollars slicker 'n a whistle.
Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre StoriesCal Stewart
"Gosh, I could have broken that to you twenty-five years ago," said Ernest.
The Forbidden TrailHonor Willsie
Gosh, Mr. Van Pelt, you'd think it'd take a cannon for something like that.
The Day of the Boomer DukesFrederik Pohl
"Gosh, you sure made a footprint there," he said wonderingly.
The StuttererR.R. Merliss
gosh
- an exclamation of mild surprise or wonder
Word Origin for gosh
Word Origin and History for gosh
1757, altered pronunciation of God. Probably from by gosse (mid-16c.).