zooks

[ zooks, zooks ]

interjection

1. (used in exclamatory phrases as a mild oath.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of zooks¹

1625–35; short for Gadzooks ( def )

Example Sentences

He told jokes which were old at his own castle, but were new to King Zooks.

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But everybody was so merry, and in particular King Zooks, that no one minded.

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"There's the gray beginning, Zooks," he muttered to himself, in half-conscious quotation.

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Zooks, parson, you remember how he recommended the veather o' her to me.

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Zooks, but it is, madam, a very great while: to a man that admires a fine woman as much as I do.

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