ow
interjectionnouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈaʊ//
Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).
interjection
- 1
Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).
- 2
Used for emotional emphasis.
Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate, ow!
Then you ran into the bedroom / You were struck down / It was your doom, Annie / Ow!
noun
- 1
An uttering of an 'ow'.
Improvising a stretcher from a cupboard door, they levered Mrs Dibble on to it and got her upstairs to "Hoos!" and "Ows!" of anguish, and laid her on the bed, where Rita administered another stiff dose of gin.
Forms
- plural
- ows
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ow · Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).
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