English Explanatory Dictionary

wow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
  2. An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.
  3. Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
verb
  1. To amaze or awe.
noun
  1. Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.
  2. An utterance of "wow".
noun
  1. A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.
name
  1. Initialism of World of Warcraft.
  2. Initialism of War on Women.
  3. Initialism of Windows on Windows.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of weight on wheels
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of WoW (“World of Warcraft”).

Pronunciation

/waʊ/ en-us-wow.ogg /ʋɑʋ/ /ʋəʋ/

Word forms

wow wows wowing wowed

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamation.

Synonyms

adzooks ay caramba mirabile dictu chihuahua begorra bleeding heck bleeding Nora bless my heart bless my soul bless us blige blimey bloody hell bloody Nora blow me blow me backwards blow me down blow me over blow me pink blow me tight blow me up blow my buttons butter my butt and call me a biscuit by all that is holy by Allah by cracky by George by God by golly by gosh by gum by gummy by jingo by Jove by juckies by Jupiter by thunder by the living jingo byrlady Christ Christ alive Christ almighty Christ on a bike Christ on a cracker Christ on a raft Christ on a stick coo cor cor blimey cor lummy cowabunga crikey criminy cripes crivvens chuffing hell dear God dear me dearie me

Antonyms

screw this

Related words

FML Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class VI § 870. Wonder bow chicka wow wow bow-wow wow-wow wow-wow sauce WOW W/W

Derived words

big wow wowee wow factor wowsers wow word wowzah wowzer wowser wowless WoWer WoW64
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