noun
- used as a mild oath or exclamation to express surprise, annoyance, or emphasis
Usage: informal; euphemistic
Examples
- What the dickens is going on here?
- Where the dickens did I put my keys?
- It hurt like the dickens when I stubbed my toe.
- The dickens you say!
- That test was hard as the dickens.
- Why the dickens didn’t you tell me sooner?