zooks

[ zooks, zooks ]

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

Origin of zooks

1
1625–35; short for Gadzooks

Words Nearby zooks

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How to use zooks in a sentence

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

    Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen Brooks
  • But everybody was so merry, and in particular King zooks, that no one minded.

    Hints to Pilgrims | Charles Stephen Brooks
  • "There's the gray beginning, zooks," he muttered to himself, in half-conscious quotation.

    The Mark Of Cain | Andrew Lang
  • zooks, parson, you remember how he recommended the veather o' her to me.

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

    Love for Love | William Congreve