"wowsers" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

Forms: wowser [alternative], wowzer [alternative], wowzers [alternative]
Etymology: From wow + -s + -ers. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wow|s|ers}} wow + -s + -ers Head templates: {{en-interj}} wowsers
  1. Synonym of wow Synonyms: wow [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (Translations): nom de Dieu (French), nom d’un gadget (French), ach du liebe Zeit (German), ach du lieber Gadget (German), per la miseria (Italian), recórcholis (Spanish), por mil gadgets (Spanish), por todos mis gadgets (Spanish), por mis gadgets (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wowsers-en-intj-n~gL~Vso Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ers, English terms suffixed with -s, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ers: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Etymology: From wowser + -s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wowser|s|nocat=1}} wowser + -s Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} wowsers
  1. plural of wowser Tags: form-of, plural Form of: wowser
    Sense id: en-wowsers-en-noun-YzAeEPJW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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