/aʊ/
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Translation
A short cry you make when something suddenly hurts.
Word origin
An imitative cry, written down in English since about the fifteenth century.
- Origin
- Imitative
- Root
- ow
Examples
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"Ow" is a sudden cry of pain.
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People say it the moment the pain starts.
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Here the cry is reported inside a sentence.
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