wow (redirected from wows)

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

interj

an exclamation of admiration or amazement

Noun

Slang a person or thing that is amazingly successful: he would be an absolute wow on the chat shows

Verb

Slang to be a great success with: the new Disney film wowed festival audiences [Scots]

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"