ow

Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).

Interjection

  1. Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).

    Synonyms: ouch

  2. Used for emotional emphasis.
    • Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate, ow! - 1970, Free, “All Right Now”:
    • Then you ran into the bedroom / You were struck down / It was your doom, Annie / Ow! - 1987, Michael Jackson, “Smooth Criminal”:

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. - 1950,...

Forms

ows

Derived

owie