Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Middle English spelling of yew.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A yew.
WordNet 3.0
- n. military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum
Examples
“Lisa, NOWHERE in ew Moon does it say that vampires reproduce.”
“Very sexy if you tell me ... in a George A. Romero kind of way. thomas ew is this supposed to be sexy dave”
“The cupcakes got very brown and almost tasted like the crust on white bread (freakin ew!).”
“i kinda love how much ew is covering this. different, but good.”
Jonathan Jackson talks about his 'GH' return and his onscreen family | EW.com
“i think ew is trying to start online fights. lets also argue about how bonjovi is better than muse? also a joke sir”
Taylor Lautner and James Franco: Who will be a better 'SNL' host? | EW.com
“If you don’t want sarcastic commentary on the nonsensical aspects of the entertainment industry, I’d suggest ew is not the place for you.”
Kate Gosselin interview bingo: Get ready for another cliche-fest | EW.com
“I assure you the pad see ew is one of the best you’ve ever had.”
“And that's an "ew" on behalf of both the tribe members and the girl friends.”
The Huffington Post: Survivor Tocantins: Much Ado, in re: Nil
“Just because it holds a high "ew" factor for many of us westerners does not make it a bad practice.”
“Or maybe he had a fetish for urine and public sex, in which case "ew" but "no".”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ew’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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Recently viewed
A random list of things people are looking up on Wordnik.
craftsperson, bobble-head, kiwi and emu brot..., st. isidore the f..., cloudlessness, sangwidges, omnes Una Manet nox, Chappie, Inca dove, ew, C'mere, skepticism and 966 more...
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
also see:
buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 274 more... -
Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Bigrams
Two-letter words that are common. For a full list of all possible 2-letter words, check out this list.
my, by, ay, ax, ew, aw, ix, it, at, is, as, ox and 39 more...
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Dimélion's "Worst of"
my least-favorite words of all.
spittle, sweets, delicious, milk, tasty, treats, shitty, crappy, -ass, nice, dainty, y'all and 17 more...
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just saying
yeah, alas, aargh, bah, because, boo, certainly, damn, geez, grrr, hey, lame and 34 more...
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Two-letter words banned in (American)...
Seventy two-letter words that are not in The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, 4th edition (compared to 101 that are in OSPD4, as listed by robotjohnny.) Most are found as headwords in larger d...
ac, af, bb, bs, ce, co, cs, da, di, ds, du, dy and 58 more...
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Amity's words
My daughter's expressive vocabulary as of Dec 2012 (born May '11), including quasi-lexical interjections. No attempt is made to reflect (mis)pronunciation by phonetic spelling, even though it would...
ow, whoa, ew, bubble, pee, poop, butt, plane, one two three, cold, hot, Grandma and 43 more...
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Reactions
Possible reactions
good grief, seriously, ew, yikes, wahoo, no way, catch you later, oh my goodness, nuh uh, give me a break, are you kidding me, holy smokes and 1 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ew.
fbharjo No, but it could have been. Winston's mother was (according to family rumor)a quarter Iroquois and had a snake tattooed on her wrist. (See Chitto (snake) Harjo). Nov 29, 2010
ruzuzu Excellent! Was that a quote from Winston Churchill?
(See turducken.) Nov 29, 2010
fbharjo EW was the name of the fellow who helped me make a peanutbutter pie when I was five. He was a great visionary who helped me get unstuck from foolish recipes. Get off bryn mawr? Where's waldo? Nov 29, 2010
ruzuzu Why is this not an acceptable Scrabble word? Why? I mean, I know it's not worth as many points as za, but seriously. Nov 21, 2010
mollusque Exclamation of disgust. Dec 6, 2007