"phwoar" meaning in English

See phwoar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /fwɔː(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phwoar.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Imitative of the sound made, with the mouth initially partly closed and then opened wide. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Imitative}} Imitative, {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative
  1. (UK, slang) Expresses sexual desire on seeing a person to whom one is attracted. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-phwoar-en-intj-IYWsIrVD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 56 44

Verb

IPA: /fwɔː(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phwoar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: phwoars [present, singular, third-person], phwoaring [participle, present], phwoared [participle, past], phwoared [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Etymology: Imitative of the sound made, with the mouth initially partly closed and then opened wide. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Imitative}} Imitative, {{onom|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} phwoar (third-person singular simple present phwoars, present participle phwoaring, simple past and past participle phwoared)
  1. To express sexual desire upon seeing a person that one finds sexually attractive. Related terms: fnar, hawt [Internet, Leet, pronunciation-spelling], hubba hubba
    Sense id: en-phwoar-en-verb-PLRjk-Rq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 39 61

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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