"owie" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˈaʊ(w)iː/ Audio: en-us-owie.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aʊi Etymology: From ow + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ow|ie}} ow + -ie
  1. Synonym of ow Synonyms: ow [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (ow): о́юшки (ójuški) [colloquial] (Russian), бо-бо́ (bo-bó) [childish] (Russian), aobag (Scottish Gaelic), aj (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-owie-en-intj-saIRSjqF

Noun

IPA: /ˈaʊ(w)iː/ Audio: en-us-owie.ogg [US] Forms: owies [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊi Etymology: From ow + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ow|ie}} ow + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} owie (plural owies)
  1. (colloquial, Canada, US, childish) A painful but minor injury. Tags: Canada, US, childish, colloquial Categories (topical): Pain Synonyms: boo-boo Translations (minor injury): pipi (Finnish), bobo [masculine] (French), dodói (Portuguese), coco (Spanish), ayayay (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-owie-en-noun-nh6J7wD9 Disambiguation of Pain: 3 97 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 12 88

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