zuthttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zut_int%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezut, int.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zutinterjection

  1. 1915–
    An exclamation expressing annoyance, contempt, impatience, etc.
    1. 1915
      For Gautier... Zut! I never read him.
      W. Owen, Letter 25 July (1967) 350
    2. 1923
      ‘Well, what if I am?’ she said, rebelliously. ‘Zut!.. Why shouldn't I?’
      W. J. Locke, Moordius & Co. ix. 129
    3. 1967
      If his own wife read such trash as the Professor's, he reflected, zut! he'd have something to say.
      ‘R. Petrie’, Foreign Bodies ii. 23
    4. 1980
      Zut! Come without your gun, or do not come at all.
      A. Hunter, Honfleur Decision x. 136

zut, int. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zut, int. was last modified in December 2024.