yeow

See also: þeow

English

Etymology

Imitative; compare ow, yowch, etc.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊ

Interjection

yeow

1. Expressing sudden pain or startlement.
   • 1999, Annie Berthold-Bond, Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living:

     Yeow! I don't think I could recommend going to this extreme, but the story certainly illustrates the lengths to which one is inspired to go to experience the feeling of steam-cleaned skin.

   • 1995, Robin Gibson, The Sheriff of Whiskey City:

     "You see anything?" Yeow! I jumped ten feet in the air, dropping the lamp in the process.

Alternative forms

• yeouch, yeowch, yeowtch

Anagrams

• yowe