yow


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yow

 (you)
interj.
Used to express alarm, pain, or surprise.
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yow

(jaʊ)
interj
an expression of surprise or pain
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"Hi-yi-yi-yi!" sang Vixen as we shot round the curves; "Toot-toot-toot!" went the driver's bugle at the dangerous places, and "yow! yow!" bayed Garm.
By Sports Reporter/ Doha Karim Abdel Gawad was stretched to the limit by Eain Yow Ng before the former champion overcame the valiant Malaysian 3-2 (9-11, 11-13, 11-3, 11-4, 11-4) to reach third round of the Qatar Classic yesterday.
Carr was trying to save the tortoises by purchasing them, and his friend finally prevailed by reminding Yow that he had "done favors for him in the past." Finally: "Yow looked at the tortoises for a moment with a rapt reverence and they stirred him so deeply he could not be silent....
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Harold "Smokey" Mansfield; and nephew John Stacey Yow.
Abouaish proceeded to the finals after beating Ahmed (3-1), while Ibrahim lost to Malaysian Eain Yow Ng (3-1), exiting the tournament.
They all seem to talk with language like "hi ya, ow arya, wot yow doing taday?
YOW YOW: Toure is helped off the pitch after picking up an injury
Squash Federation, awarded cash prize to Pakistan Squash player Israr Ahmad who beat Malaysia's Ng Eain Yow by 7/11, 11/7, 13/11, 8/11, 11/6 in 61 minutes in a thrilling final of the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship played at Iran.
Hunter added: "I can try to live my life or just let this bring my life down and ruin it." The injured girl, Kiersten Yow, 12, is in a stable condition in hospital.
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund will make a $100,000 research grant to Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute in support of young women's breast cancer research project.
But if you have swimmer's ear and you stick your finger in your ear -- YOW! Let's find out more about this painful type of ear infection, which often affects swimmers.