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"Synonym of ouch (“cry of pain”)."
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82
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"ref": "1970, Free, “All Right Now”:",
"text": "Now don't you wait or hesitate / Let's move before they raise the parking rate, ow!",
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"ref": "1987, Michael Jackson, “Smooth Criminal”:",
"text": "Then you ran into the bedroom / You were struck down / It was your doom, Annie / Ow!",
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"(music) Used for emotional emphasis."
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"Used for emotional emphasis."
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"(music) Used for emotional emphasis."
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119
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈaʊ/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ"
},
{
"homophone": "our (some dialects)"
}
],
"word": "ow"
}
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