ow
- Synonym ofouch(“cry of pain”)
- (music)Used for emotional emphasis.
1970,Free, “All Right Now”:Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate,ow!
ow (pluralows)
- Anuttering of an 'ow'.
1950,Norman Lindsay,Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page98: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.
In everyday colloquial (spoken or written) usage, the sound may be lengthened, such as in the formoww, usually to indicate an increase in pain or distress.
ow
- youngerbrother
- (with regards to gender):ats
- (with regards to age):kahpo
- owth(used before vowels andh)
FromProto-Brythonic*wurt
ow(triggers hard mutation)
- -ing(precedes verbal noun)
ow
- Alternative form ofyow
FromEnglisho, the English name of the letterO/o.
ow (Baybayin spellingᜂᜏ᜔)
- Alternative form ofo:the name of theLatin-script letterO/o, in theFilipino alphabet
- Synonym:(in the Abakada alphabet and the Abecedario)o
- (Latin-script letter names)titik;ey,bi,si,di,i,ef,dyi,eyts,ay,dyey,key,el,em,en,enye,en dyi,o,pi,kyu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dobolyu,eks,way,zi
- “ow”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
