ow

1. Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”).

   Synonyms: ouch

2. entertainmentUsed 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”

   1 more example

   Then you ran into the bedroom / You were struck down / It was your doom, Annie / Ow!

   1987, Michael Jackson, “Smooth Criminal”

plural ows

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, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 98

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