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holy smokes

holy smokes is the alternative form of holy smoke.

Meaning of holy smoke

Interjection

  1. (dated, idiomatic, informal) An expression of astonishment.

Words that rhyme with holy smokes

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Questions about holy smokes

What is holy smokes the alternative form of?
Holy smokes is the alternative form of holy smoke.

Words near holy smokes in the dictionary

  1. holy shit
  2. holy shmoly
  3. holy show
  4. holy shows
  5. holy smoke
  6. holy smokes
  7. Holy Spirit
  8. holy stromboli
  9. holy synod
  10. holy synods
  11. Holy Table

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holy smokes (page history and authors); holy smoke (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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