zoinks
/zɔɪŋks/interjection, verb
zoinks is spelled Z-O-I-N-K-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, zoinks means “Expressing surprise, fear, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in zoinks?
| Letters | 6: Z-O-I-N-K-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is zoinks?
Zoinks appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce zoinks?
- US /zɔɪŋks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-zoinks.ogg, En-us-zoinks.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does zoinks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Expressing surprise, fear, etc.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of zoink
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zoinks come from?
The earliest and most commonly known usage of this term is in the American cartoon Scooby-Doo, where it was used regularly by one of the main characters, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).