/ aʊ; NAmE / exclamation
used to express sudden pain :
Ow! That hurt!
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WORD ORIGIN
natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the mid 19th cent.
/ aʊ; NAmE / exclamation
used to express sudden pain :
Ow! That hurt!
••
WORD ORIGIN
natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the mid 19th cent.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005