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wow ¹  (wou) Informal

interj.

Used to express wonder, amazement, or great pleasure.

n.

An outstanding success.

tr.v. wowed, wow·ing, wows

To have a strong, usually pleasurable effect on: a performance that wowed the audience.

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wow ²  (wou)

n.

Slow variation in the pitch of a sound reproduction resulting from variations in the speed of the recording or reproducing equipment.

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[Imitative.]

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WOW

abbreviation for

(Mining & Quarrying) waiting on weather: used esp in the oil industry

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wow¹

interj

an exclamation of admiration, amazement, etc.

n

Slang a person or thing that is amazingly successful, attractive, etc.

vb

(tr) Slang to arouse great enthusiasm in

[originally Scottish, expressive of surprise, amazement, etc.]

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wow²

n

(Electronics) 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 [14]

[of imitative origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wow - a joke that seems extremely funny     howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, belly laugh, riot, scream gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
Verb	1.	wow - impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience" impress - impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her audience"

Translations

wow [waʊ]

A. EXCL → ¡vaya!, ¡anda!, ¡mira nomás!(LAm)

B. VT → chiflar, cautivar

C. N (Acoustics) → lloro m, bajón m del volumen

wow [ˈwaʊ]

excl → ouah

vt → enthousiasmer
wow factor n → effet ce qui produit une forte impression initiale)m impressionnant >

wow¹

interj → hui (inf), → Mann (inf), → Mensch (inf)

n (inf) it’s a wow → das ist spitze (inf) → or ’ne Wucht (inf)

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wow²

n (on recording) → Jaulen nt

wow [waʊ] excl (fam) → wow!

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wow [waʊ] excl (fam) → wow!