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zooks

zooks interjection: synonym of gadzooks. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of zook.

Interjection

  1. (archaic, minced oath) Synonym 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 Santillane
    • 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...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    gadzooks

Proper noun capitalized: Zooks

Zooks

  1. (plural) plural of Zook

Also used as

zooks is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of zook.

Synonyms of zooks

Questions about zooks

What does zooks mean?
Zooks means synonym of gadzooks.
What part of speech is zooks?
Zooks can be an interjection or a proper noun.

Words near zooks in the dictionary

  1. zookeepers
  2. zookeeping
  3. zookeeps
  4. zookers
  5. zooking
  6. zooks
  7. zool.
  8. Zoola
  9. zoolagnia
  10. Zoolas
  11. zoolater

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