- an exclamation of pain
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ow /aʊ/USA pronunciation
interj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- (used esp. to express sharp or sudden pain):Ow! I stepped on a nail.
ow
(ou),USA pronunciation interj.
- (used esp. as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ow /aʊ/ interj
'ow' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
black widow
- bungaloid
- East Meadow
- ending
- eye shadow
- five o'clock shadow
- golf widow
- grass widow
- invisible shadow
- meadow beauty
- meadow bird
- meadow fescue
- meadow grass
- meadow lily
- meadow mouse
- meadow mushroom
- meadow parsnip
- meadow rue
- meadow saffron
- meadow salsify
- meadow vole
- Owenism
- Owen Sound
- Owen Stanley
- preshadow
- rain shadow
- tall meadow rue
- water meadow
- widow bird
- widow's cruse
- widow's mite
- widow's peak
- widow's walk
- widow woman
- wood meadow grass
- shadow box
- shadow cabinet
- shadow mask
- shadow pin
- shadow play
- shadow roll
- swallet