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adzooks

adzooks is the alternative form of gadzooks.

Meaning of gadzooks

Interjection

  1. (archaic, minced oath) An expression of surprise, shock, etc.
    • “I should explain that among the books that recently arrived at the office was a slim volume from his pen dealing with the Preparatory School and giving it an enthusiastic build-up. The formative years which we spent there, he said, were the happiest of our life.”
      “Gadzooks!”1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter II
    Synonyms:
    wow

Questions about adzooks

What is adzooks the alternative form of?
Adzooks is the alternative form of gadzooks.

Words near adzooks in the dictionary

  1. adzhika
  2. adzine
  3. adzines
  4. adzing
  5. adzlike
  6. adzooks
  7. adzuki
  8. adzuki bean
  9. adzuki beans
  10. adzukis
  11. Adâncata

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adzooks (page history and authors); gadzooks (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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