whillikers
- other
- Archaic
:
¡vaya!
- Well, whillikers! I never expected to see you here after all these years.
Examples
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He opened the door and exclaimed, "whillikers! This room is enormous!"
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When the magician pulled a rabbit from his hat, the children shouted, "whillikers!"
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Whillikers! That was unexpected!
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I just saw a shooting star, and I exclaimed, whillikers!
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Well, whillikers! I never expected to see you here after all these years.
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When the magician pulled a rabbit from his hat, the children shouted, "whillikers!"
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He opened the door and exclaimed, "whillikers! This room is enormous!"
Synonyms
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1.0
A short word people say to show surprise or admiration
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9.9
A short informal word people say to show surprise or ask someone to repeat
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9.9
A strong phrase people say when they are very surprised or shocked
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9.9
A word people say to show mild surprise
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9.4
A short informal cry showing surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
A short shout showing surprise or admiration
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8.8
A short cry people use to show surprise or amazement
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9.9
A short cry showing surprise or excitement
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9.9
A short cry said to show surprise, excitement, or sudden pain
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7.6
A short phrase people say to show surprise or disbelief
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7.5
A short phrase people say to show surprise or shock
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9.9
A short informal word people say when they feel surprise, shock, or annoyance
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9.5
A short word people say when they are surprised or shocked
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9.9
An informal word people say to show surprise, annoyance, or that they do not believe something
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9.9
A short shout showing sudden surprise or strong impact
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9.9
A short old word people say to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
An old word people say to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
An old-fashioned word said to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
An old Irish word said to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
A short informal word people say to show surprise or shock
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9.9
A short shout showing surprise or asking for attention
An old-fashioned shout said to show surprise or shock
An old word people say to show surprise or anger
An old word people say to show surprise, anger, or shock
An old-fashioned shout to show surprise or annoyance
A short shout people use to show surprise or excitement, often in a playful way
An old word people say to show surprise or strong feeling
An old word that people say to show surprise or strong feeling
A short old word people say to show surprise or mild worry
An old-fashioned word people say to show surprise
A short shout showing surprise, alarm, or disbelief
A short informal way people use to show surprise, confusion, or disbelief
A loud informal shout that shows surprise, shock, or strong annoyance
A short cry people say when surprised, hurt, or disgusted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Whillikers is an old-fashioned exclamation used to show surprise. A helpful way to remember it is to think of it as a playful, softened form of the phrase 'well, I'll be' or a cousin of 'yikes' and 'golly', so it works as a mild 'wow'.