dickens

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(dĭk'ənz) pronunciation
n. Informal
  1. A severe reprimand or expression of anger: gave me the dickens for being late.
  2. Used as an intensive: What in the dickens is that?

[Alteration of DEVIL (influenced by the name Dickens).]


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Also dickin, dickon Also dickin, dickon
int, Austral and NZ

An exclamation expressing disgust or disbelief. (1894 —) .
New Zealand Listener 'You don't lie and cheat the way my mother does.' 'Ah, dicken' (1970).

[Prob. variant of the exclamation dickens or the personal name Dickens.]


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pokker, søren

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    hvordan søren
  • What the dickens?    hvad søren

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdikkeme, duivel

Français (French)
n. - démon (euph), diable

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    bon sang, que diable
  • What the dickens?    bon sang, que diable

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kuckuck, Teufel

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    wie zum Teufel!
  • What the dickens?    was zum Teufel!

Ελληνική (Greek)
int. - (καθομ.) διάβολε!

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    Πώς στο καλό...;
  • What the dickens?    Τι στο καλό...;

Italiano (Italian)
diamine

Português (Portuguese)
int. - Diabos!

idioms:

  • What/How the dickens?    Que diabos?

Русский (Russian)
черт

idioms:

  • What/How the dickens?    черт возьми

Español (Spanish)
n. - diablo

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    como diablos!
  • What the dickens?    que diablos!

Svenska (Swedish)
int. - tusan!

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
魔鬼

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    怎么会?
  • What the dickens?    怎么回事?

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 魔鬼

idioms:

  • How the dickens?    怎麼會?
  • What the dickens?    怎麼回事?

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제기랄

idioms:

  • What the dickens%?    도대체 무슨 일이야!

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ジュースにする, 災厄, 畜生

idioms:

  • What/How the dickens?    一体全体何事だ?

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(نداء) كلمه تستخدم للتشديد وبخاصه في الأسئله تعني الشيطان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטן, שד‬


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