whillikers
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9.9
- other
- Archaic
- 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
190
9.9
A short informal word people say to show surprise or ask someone to repeat
169
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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8.8
A short cry people use to show surprise or amazement
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7.6
A short phrase people say to show surprise or disbelief
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9.4
A short informal cry showing surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
A short cry showing surprise or excitement
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9.9
An old-fashioned word people say to show surprise
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9.9
A short shout showing surprise or admiration
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7.5
A short phrase people say to show surprise or shock
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9.5
A short word people say when they are surprised or shocked
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9.9
A short cry said to show surprise, excitement, or sudden pain
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9.9
A short informal word people say when they feel surprise, shock, or annoyance
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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 informal way people use to show surprise, confusion, or disbelief
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9.9
A short shout showing surprise or asking for attention
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9.9
A short shout showing sudden surprise or strong impact
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9.9
A short shout people use to show surprise or excitement, often in a playful way
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9.9
An old-fashioned shout to show surprise or annoyance
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9.9
An old-fashioned shout said to show surprise or shock
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9.9
An old word people say to show surprise or anger
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9.9
A short cry people say when surprised, hurt, or disgusted
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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 old word people say to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
An old word that people say to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
An old word people say to show surprise, anger, or shock
1
9.9
An old word people say 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
An old-fashioned word said to show surprise or strong feeling
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9.9
A loud informal shout that shows surprise, shock, or strong annoyance
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9.9
An old word people say to show surprise or strong feeling
1
9.9
A short old word people say to show surprise or mild worry
A short shout showing surprise, alarm, or disbelief
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'.