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Definition: YOW |
YOWPronoun1. You. |
Note: Yow \Yow\, pronoun. You. [obsolete]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Yow! /yow/ interj. [from "Zippy the Pinhead" comix] A favored hacker expression of humorous surprise or emphasis. "Yow! Check out what happens when you twiddle the foo option on this display hack!" Compare gurfle. Source: Jargon File. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
YOW | English | Ottawa | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: YOW |
| Specialty definitions using "YOW": Yow!. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "YOW" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.74% of the time. "YOW" is used about 43 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 76.74% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.95% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.98% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "YOW" 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 |
| Yow | Last name | 1,000 | 11,423 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "YOW": kee-yow, kow-yow. | |
Containing "YOW": Whew-yow-ee. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
yow | 25 |
felicia yow | 18 |
david yow | 13 |
bill yow | 9 |
ming yow | 6 |
boo yow | 3 |
airport yow | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "YOW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Albanian | au. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | yoway | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 37, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen autoiV akousate tou enupniou toutou ou enupniasqhn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixitque ad eos audite somnium meum quod vidi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Judas forsothe yaue a wijf to his first getun Her, Thamar bi name. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he sayde vnto them heare I praye yow this dreame which I haue dreamed: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 37, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya miingon kanila: Patalinghugi ninyo karon kining damgo nga akong gidamgo: |
| Chinese | 約 瑟 對 他 們 說 、 請 聽 我 所 作 的 夢 ． |
| Croatian | "Poslušajte", reèe im, "san što sam ga usnio! |
| Danish | Han sagde til dem "Hør dog, hvad jeg har drømt! |
| Dutch | En hij zeide tot hen: Hoort toch dezen droom, dien ik gedroomd heb. |
| Finnish | Hän näet sanoi heille: "Kuulkaa, minkä unen minä olen nähnyt. |
| French | Il leur dit: Écoutez donc ce songe que j`ai eu! |
| German | Denn er sprach zu ihnen: Höret doch, was mir geträumt hat: |
| Haitian Creole | Li di yo: -Mesye, tande yon rèv mwen fè. |
| Hungarian | Mert monda nékik: Hallgassátok meg, kérlek, ezt az álmot, melyet álmodtam. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Inilah yang dikatakan Yusuf kepada mereka, "Coba dengar! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata Yusuf kepada mereka itu: Dengarlah olehmu kiranya mimpi yang telah kumimpikan itu. |
| Italian | Disse dunque loro: «Ascoltate questo sogno che ho fatto. |
| Maori | A i mea ia ki a ratou, Tena, whakarongo ki tenei moe i moe nei ahau: |
| Norwegian | Han sa til dem: Hør nu hvad jeg har drømt: |
| Portuguese | Pois ele lhes disse: Ouvi, peço-vos, este sonho que tive: |
| Rumanian | El le -a zis: ,,Ia ascultayi ce vis am visat! |
| Russian | пО УЛБЪБМ ЙН: ЧЩУМХЫБКФЕ УПО, ЛПФПТЩК С ЧЙ"ЕМ: |
| Spanish | Les dijo: --Por favor, escuchad lo que he soñado: |
| Swedish | Han sade nämligen till dem: "Hören vilken dröm jag har haft. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "YOW": yowe, yowed, yowes, yowie, yowies, yowing, yowl, yowled, yowler, yowlers, yowling, yowls, yows. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-w-y" | |
-1 letter: ow, oy, wo, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-w-y" | |
+1 letter: cowy, towy, yowe, yowl, yows. | |
+2 letters: blowy, cowry, dowdy, downy, dowry, howdy, jowly, lowly, noway, rowdy, showy, snowy, towny, womby, wonky, woody, wooly, woozy, wordy, wormy, worry, yowed, yowes, yowie, yowls. | |
+3 letters: anyhow, arrowy, blowby, blowsy, blowzy, bowery, bowyer, browny, byword, bywork, cogway, cowboy, crowdy, dowery, drowsy, forwhy, frowsy, frowzy, gowany, growly, haymow, logway, lowboy, lowery, noways, oilway, slowly, towery, wholly, wicopy, wobbly, woodsy, woolly, worthy, yarrow, yellow, yowies, yowing, yowled, yowler. | |
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