I. ˈwau̇ interjection
— used as an exclamation of pleasure, surprise, or strong feeling
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: wow (I)
: a sensational hit : a striking success
a lively and entertaining story … should be a wow on the screen — E.E.Calkins
was a wow in the campus frolic — Robertson Davies
as a radio sportscaster … was called a wow from the start — Current Biography
a correct translation of these documents would be a wow — Nation
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration
wowed their audience with a knowing parody — Bennett Cerf
was wowing the voters everywhere with his … political minstrelsy — Time
will borrow almost any idea which is currently wowing the customers — Martin Mayer
IV. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: imitative
dialect Britain : howl , wail , mew
V. noun
( -s )
Etymology: imitative
1. dialect chiefly Britain : bark , whine , wail
2. : a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a relatively slow rise and fall of pitch caused by variation of speed in the sound reproducing system (as in the record, film, tape, or motor) ; also : the variation in speed causing such a distortion — compare flutter 4a