yeow

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interjection

Expressing sudden pain or startlement.

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Meanings

interjection

alternative yeouch · alternative yeowch · alternative yeowchie · alternative yeowtch

  1. Expressing sudden pain or startlement.

    "You see anything?" Yeow! I jumped ten feet in the air, dropping the lamp in the process.

    1995, Robin Gibson, The Sheriff of Whiskey City
    1 more example

    Yeow! I don't think I could recommend going to this extreme, but the story certainly illustrates the lengths to which one is inspired to go to experience the feeling of steam-cleaned skin.

    1999, Annie Berthold-Bond, Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living

Origin

Onomatopoeic; compare ow, yowch, etc.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yeow

ournowhowlowallowrowthoubowsomehowciaodowpalauMacauLaotaotaugaopowowchowfraumaoanyhowslough
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

yeow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeow

MLA

“yeow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yeow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yeow.

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