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Definitions for Wow

[1] (an exclamation of surprise, wonder, pleasure, or the like): Wow! Look at that!
[2] to gain an enthusiastic response from; thrill.
[3] an extraordinary success: His act is a real wow.
[4] excitement, interest, great pleasure, or the like: a car that will add some wow to your life.
[5] Audio . a slow wavering of pitch in sound recording or reproducing equipment caused by uneven speed of the turntable or the tape. Compare flutter(def 12) .
[6] Scot. and North England Dialect . a howl, wail, bark, whine, or mew.
[7] Scot. and North England Dialect . to howl, wail, bark, whine, or mew.
[8] an exclamation of admiration, amazement, etc
[9] slang a person or thing that is amazingly successful, attractive, etc
[10] (tr) slang to arouse great enthusiasm in
[11] a slow variation or distortion in pitch that occurs at very low audio frequencies in sound-reproducing systems, such as a record player, usually due to variation in speed of the turntable, etc See also flutter (def. 14)
[12] waiting on weather: used esp in the oil industry

Words related to Wow

entertain, charm, tickle, cheer, kill, slay

Words nearby Wow

wove, wove paper, woven, woven bone, wovoka, wow, wow factor, wowser, wozniak, wp, wp.

Origin of Wow

21800–10 for defs 2, 3 ; 1930–35 for def 1 ; imitative; the audio term is probably an independent formation

Word origin for Wow

C20: of imitative origin

Synonyms for Wow

charm, entertain, cheer, kill, slay, tickle, bowl over, break one up, crack up, go over big, knock dead, knock someone's socks off, make laugh, make roll in the aisles, tickle pink, tickle to death