OUCH


Meaning of OUCH in English

ouch 1

/owch/ , interj.

(used as an exclamation expressing sudden pain or dismay.)

[ 1830-40, Amer.; autsch ]

ouch 2

/owch/ , Archaic.

n.

1. a clasp, buckle, or brooch, esp. one worn for ornament.

2. the setting of a precious stone.

v.t.

3. to adorn with or as if with ouches.

[ 1325-75; ME ouche (n.), for nouche (the phrase a nouche taken as an ouche; cf. APRON) nosche ]

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