Meanings
zooks1
- archaicminced oathSynonym of gadzooks.
Zooks! he is a man of great delicacy on these occasions. He is none of those fashionable youngsters, who are apt to take up from every body.
1748, Alain René Le Sage, translated by Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane1 more example
The squire gave him a good curse at his departure; and then turning to the parson, he cried out, "I smoke it: I smoke it. Tom is certainly the father of this bastard. Zooks, parson, you remember how he recommended the veather o' her to me. D—n un, what a sly b—ch 'tis. Ay, ay, as sure as two-pence, Tom is the veather of the bastard."
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLCSynonyms: gadzooks
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of zook
Zooks2
- pluralplural of Zook
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionSynonym of gadzooks.
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