English Explanatory Dictionary

gosh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
name
  1. Initialism of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ɡɒʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gosh.wav /ɡɑːʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-gosh.wav

Word forms

gosh

Etymology

Altered from God. First seen in 1757 as by gosh, probably from by gosse in Nicholas Udall's Ralph Roister Doister (circa 1553).

Synonyms

adzooks ay caramba mirabile dictu chihuahua begorra bleeding heck bleeding Nora bless my heart bless my soul bless us blige blimey bloody hell bloody Nora blow me blow me backwards blow me down blow me over blow me pink blow me tight blow me up blow my buttons butter my butt and call me a biscuit by all that is holy by Allah by cracky by George by God by golly by gosh by gum by gummy by jingo by Jove by juckies by Jupiter by thunder by the living jingo byrlady Christ Christ alive Christ almighty Christ on a bike Christ on a cracker Christ on a raft Christ on a stick coo cor cor blimey cor lummy cowabunga crikey criminy cripes crivvens chuffing hell dear God dear me dearie me

Related words

damn

Derived words

by gosh by guess or by gosh for gosh sake freaking gosh golly gosh gosh all hemlock goshawful gosh-awful goshdang goshdangit goshdarn gosh darn gosh darned goshdarnit gosh knows goshwow goshwowboyoboy my gosh ohmygosh oh my gosh
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