wow
wow Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to express astonishment, admiration, excitement, or great surprise.
"Wow, look at how vibrant the sunset is over the mountains!"
• verb
To impress, excite, or fill someone with great admiration or wonder.
"The young pianist wowed the judges with her flawless execution of the concerto."
• noun
A sensational success or a person or thing that inspires great admiration and excitement.
"The singer's opening performance was an absolute wow with the festival crowd."
A slow, periodic fluctuation in the pitch of reproduced sound, caused by uneven speed in recording or playback equipment such as a turntable or tape deck.
"Replacing the worn drive belt on the vintage turntable eliminated the noticeable wow in the audio."
• Rhymes for wow
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in 16th-century Scottish English as a natural, imitative exclamation of surprise or wonder; the noun and verb senses emerged in American English in the early 1920s.
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