wow
Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etcAnything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.
» Wow, look at this.
Ой, посмотри на это. — venticello
Ой, посмотрите на это. — venticello
Ух ты, посмотри на это. — marafon
Нічого собі, подивіться на це. — Anjy
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3 senses(informal)Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.
(informal)An utterance of "wow".
(countable, uncountable)A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.
- a joke that seems extremely funny
Examples
202 sentencesWow, look at this.
Нічого собі, подивіться на це. — Anjy
ruОй, посмотри на это. — venticello
Wow, that's cool.
Ух ти, це круто. — deniko
ruВау, это круто. — ZegPhig
Wow, look at these prices!
Ого, подивись-но на ці ціни! — deniko
Wow! It's been a long time.
Ба! Давно не бачилися! — deniko
ruБа! Сколько лет! — marafon
deMenschenskind! Es ist schon lange her. — Dejo
Wow, look at all this stuff.
Origin
Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamationAttested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamation.
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Forms
plural: wowsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a joke that seems extremely funny:belly laughsidesplitterhowlerthigh-slapperscreamriot
Word family
4 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.