Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express sympathy, tenderness, disapproval, or disbelief.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An exclamation of surprise, disgust, or remonstrance.
- A common English digraph (pron. â), formerly interchangeable in most instances with au (which see), but now the regular form when final, and when medial before k, l, and n.
- See
awe . - A simplified spelling of
awe .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection Used to express disappointment/dismay.
- interjection Used to express mild protest, entreaty, consternation, or disapproval.
- interjection Used to express affection.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But this is so par for the course for South Carolina and the people are so thick headed there, that all you can do is sit in aw at how backwards they are.
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But at ZooBorns, the success of any photo depends on how many w's people put at the end of the word aw, Eastman said.
All together now: Awwwwwwwwwww Post 2010
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We sat in aw as we listened to Hillary's speech and wondered aloud what she's up too.
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Plus, I have another, less professional design job lined up, so I'll be working it again ... aw, YEAH!!
Painful Eyeballs archmage 2001
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It ud be a bad thing to ha 'th' pits stop workin 'aw because I had na attended to 'em, an' gi'en th 'mesters a bit o' encouragement.
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I'm hungerin 'aw th' toime – an 'I dunnot care to live; I wakken up i' th 'noight hungerin' an 'cryin' fur – fur what I ha 'not got, an nivver shall ha' agen.
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But at ZooBorns, the success of any photo depends on how many w's people put at the end of the word aw, Eastman said.
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But at ZooBorns, the success of any photo depends on how many w's people put at the end of the word aw, Eastman said.
The Seattle Times 2010
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But at ZooBorns, the success of any photo depends on how many w's people put at the end of the word aw, Eastman said.
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But at ZooBorns, the success of any photo depends on how many w's people put at the end of the word aw, Eastman said.
EditorMark commented on the word aw
A blog entry by me on the word and its confusion with "awe": http://editormark.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/awe-spreads-faster-than-dictionaries-can-keep-up/
June 10, 2010