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Webster 1913 Edition


Yow

Yow

,
p
ron.
You.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


yow

yow

See also: -yow

English

Alternative forms

Noun

yow (plural yows)

  1. (dialect) A ewe; a female sheep.

Etymology 2

Interjection

yow

  1. Expression of pain; ouch.
    Yow! I dropped it on my toe!
  2. Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
    You've been divorced four times? Yow!
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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ēow.

Pronoun

yow

  1. you

Descendants


Scots

Etymology

Unverified; most likely from Old English ēow.

Pronoun

yow personal, emphatic

  1. (South Scots) you

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