Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express alarm, pain, or surprise.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dialectal form of ewe. See the quotation under shearhog.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • pronoun obsolete You.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • interjection Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis.
  • interjection Expression of pain; ouch.

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Examples

  • “Cao yao” pronounced tsow yow, rhymes with cow means herbs.

    Tao I Dr. 2010

  • “Cao yao” pronounced tsow yow, rhymes with cow means herbs.

    Tao I Dr. 2010

  • But thei will call yow to your compt booke, and that is to the Bible; and by it ye will no more be found the men that ye ar called, then the Devill wilbe approvin to be

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • You see what need we stand in of all the prayers of the churches with yow, which is the earnest desier of Yovr Loveinge Kinseman Herbert Pelham.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • We're big John Stanley fans in my house, to the point where dinner conversation frequently revolves around reciting dialogue from our favorite Little Lulu stories (the word "yow" seems to come up a lot), so it stands to reason that we'd be looking forward to this collection of late-period Stanleyy comics, all about a little boy monster who only wants to do good, much to the consternation of his parents.

    Thursday is the new Wednesday — at least for this week | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • But now I must log off as Veronica, our youngest oci, makes it plain by positioning herself inches from my face and signaling with a single note ( "yow") that it is time for her afternoon play session.

    Supper with the Stars: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • Koko has only two, but he gets more music and meaning out of 'yow' and 'ik' than some of our learned friends get out of the whole dictionary. "

    The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare Braun, Lilian Jackson 1988

  • He'll pinch sommat o 'yow'n yet afore' e's done. "

    The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

  • The time we get closest together is when I play the harmonica an 'he yow-yows.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • And the man yow-yowls, and makes noises like a wild mountain lion.

    CHAPTER XXXVI 2010

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