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Definition: OUCH |
OUCHNoun1. A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person. |
Date "OUCH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Ouch \Ouch\ (ouch), noun. [from Old English expression ouch, nouche (a nouch being taken for an ouch: compare to Adder), from the Old French expression nusche, nosche, nousche, buckle, clasp, Late Latin expression nusca, from Old High German. nusca, nuscha.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: OUCH |
| English words defined with "OUCH": Nouch ♦ Owch. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "OUCH": Nouch ♦ Owch. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ouch! Guess I'd better call my mother more often! (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling) Ouch. What was that? (James and the Giant Peach; writing credit: Karey Kirkpatrick) Ouch, you got my finger! (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley) Ooh, ouch Jane Herrington. (Blackadder II; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) Ouch! When you get those feelings, insurance companies start to go bankrupt. (Die Hard 2; writing credit: Steven E. de Souza) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ouch (1925) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ouch!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Ouch!. |
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| "OUCH" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 33.33% of the time. "OUCH" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 33.33% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 27.78% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.93% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.96% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "OUCH" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ouch | Last name | 170 | 42,608 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ouch | 377 |
ouch video | 14 |
ass ouch | 4 |
bang ouch | 3 |
clip ouch video | 3 |
jpg ouch | 3 |
ouch picture | 2 |
ouch pouch | 2 |
hip injection ouch | 2 |
ouch sex | 2 |
ouch uk.org | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "OUCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | ai (ai, ow, sloth, three-toed sloth), au (ow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | of, uf (phew, whew), katramëz (Morse), karficë (clasp-pin, clip, hairpin, pin, pushpin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أي صوت للتعبير عن الألم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тока (buckle, clasp), ох (ah, oh, oh dear), ой, ай, брошка (brooch, clasp-pin, clip, fibula). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "喲 (hey, ow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | au (ow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aj (ow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | oy (ow), ai (ow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مزین ساختن (Primp), سنجاق قفلی , جواهر (Bijou, Gem, Jewel, Treasure), اخ , باگوهراراستن (Jewel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aie, aïe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | autsch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ωχ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jaj, drágakõfoglalat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | aduh (alas, oh my, ow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ohi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouchay turco (cathead, davit, ottoman, turk, turkish), ai (alas, nuts, ow, pooh, woe). (various references) vai (alack, alas, fie, heigh-ho, lack, lax, my, oh, oh dear, oh me, well, woe), au (ah), aoleu (ah, alack, bless me, blow me, chut, come, crikey, cripes, dear me, oh boy, oh dear, oh my). (various references) ой (oy). (various references) ogrlica (gorget, neckband, necklace, necklet), joj, jao (ah). (various references) ay (ah, alas, oh, ow, woe). (various references) woy (ow). (various references) oj (coo, oh, ooh, whew, wow), aj (oh, ooh, ow). (various references) โอ๊ย (คำอุทานแส"งความเจ็บ). (various references) of (ah, humph, phew, pish, pooh, pshaw, ugh, whew), toka (bobby pin, buckle, clasp, clip, fastener, fibula, grip, hairgrip, handshake, hasp, slide), broş (brooch, fibula, pin), ah (ah, oh, yah), öf (ah, humph, phew, pish, pooh, pshaw, ugh, whew). (various references) ой (ay, oh), оправа коштовного каменя, оправляти коштовний камінь, ай (ai, ugh), брошка з коштовними каменями, пряжка з коштовними каменями, прикрашати пряжкою. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "OUCH": ouched, ouches, ouching. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "OUCH": avouch, capouch, cartouch, couch, crouch, debouch, grouch, mistouch, mouch, pouch, retouch, scaramouch, slouch, touch, vouch. (additional references) | |
Words containing "OUCH": accouchement, accouchements, accoucheur, accoucheurs, avouched, avoucher, avouchers, avouches, avouching, avouchment, avouchments, barouche, barouches, bouchee, bouchees, capouches, cartouche, cartouches, couchant, couched, coucher, couchers, couches, couching, couchings, crouched, crouches, crouching, debouche, debouched, debouches, debouching, debouchment, debouchments, douche, douched, douches, douching, embouchure, embouchures, farouche, grouched, grouches, grouchier, grouchiest, grouchily, grouchiness, grouchinesses, grouching, grouchy, louche. (additional references) | |
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"OUCH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: auch, boucho, buch, Douch, euc, euch, Foutch, Fuch, gouch, Iucd, kooch, louch, mouch, nouch, Nouchi, nuch, oauh, Obukhov, Obukw, och, ocha, ocho, ochs, ochu, ocu, ocum, Oec, oic, Oiche, oih, Onuc, Oocch, Oochi, Oohh, Oohhh, ooohh, Ooshi, Oouchi, orch, Oruc, Oubc, ouc, Ouca, ouchy, ough, ouk, Ouka, ounch, ouph, outc, outcha, outh, rouch, uch, Uhc, vuch, yuch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "OUCH" (pronounced ou"kh) |
| 2 | ou" kh | couch, crouch, grouch, pouch, slouch, vouch. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-o-u" | |
-2 letters: ho, oh, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-o-u" | |
+1 letter: couch, cough, couth, hocus, mouch, pouch, touch, vouch. | |
+2 letters: avouch, cachou, chorus, chough, chouse, choush, clough, cohune, coughs, couths, crouch, douche, gaucho, grouch, louche, ouched, ouches, pouchy, rouche, scouth, slouch, touche, touchy. | |
+3 letters: aurochs, bouchee, cachous, capouch, chabouk, chibouk, choughs, choused, chouser, chouses, chylous, chymous, cloughs, cohunes, copihue, cothurn, couched, coucher, couches, coughed, cougher, couther, couthie, cushion, debouch, douched, douches, futhorc, gauchos, gouache, grouchy, hocused, hocuses, hummock, mouched, mouches, nonsuch, ochrous, ouching, outchid, outecho, pachuco, pouched, pouches, retouch, rouches, scouths, slouchy, subecho, succoth, touched, toucher, touches, touchup, unchoke, uncouth, unmacho, vouched, vouchee, voucher, vouches. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 55 43 48 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- -.-. .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010101 01000011 01001000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O U C H |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0055 0043 0048 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49553742 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Afrikaan | woordeboek, definisie, vertaling | |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , Albanees, albanskt, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arábiskt, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarskt, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kinesiskt, kinverskur, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollendskt, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Esperanto | الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, eszperanto, eszperantó, эсперанто, esperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili | |
Faeroese | orðabók, orðbók | 费罗族, føroyskur, färöisk, färöbo |
Farsi | persiskt | |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | Frans, Franse taal, frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, franskur, franskt, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , Duitse, týskt, týskari, týskur, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | Grieks, Griek, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , grikst, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Hongaar, Hongaars, مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , Hongaarse, ungarskt, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | Indonesies, indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | Italiaans, Italiaan, Italianer, الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italienskt, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugisiskt, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | Roemeen, rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, Roemeens, rumenskt, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russies, Rus, روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russur, russiskt, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, spanskt, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, svenskt, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thailander, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, Thais, Thai, thailendskt, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkist, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | Engels, anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglan, enskt, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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