ow

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ/

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  Rhymes: -aʊ

• Homophone: our (some dialects)

ow

1. Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”)
2. (music) Used for emotional emphasis.
   • 1970, Free (lyrics and music), “All Right Now”:

     Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate, ow!

   • 1987, Michael Jackson (lyrics and music), “Smooth Criminal”:

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

In everyday colloquial (spoken or written) usage, the sound may be lengthened, such as in the form oww, usually to indicate an increase in pain or distress.

• owie

• W. O., W.O., WO, Wo, w/o, wo

ow

1. younger brother

• (with regards to gender): ats
• (with regards to age): kahpo

• owth (used before vowels and h)

From Proto-Brythonic *wurt

ow (triggers hard mutation)

1. -ing (precedes verbal noun)

ow

1. Alternative form of yow

From English o, the English name of the letter O/o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔow/, [ˈʔoʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -ow
• Hyphenation: ow

ow (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜏ᜔)

1. Alternative form of o: the name of the Latin-script letter O/o, in the Filipino 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”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018