ew
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 5
- Letters
- 2
/ˈiː.uː/
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/ˈiː.uː/ · /iːˈjuː/ · /iːu̯/ · /(j)ɪu̯/ · /ɪʊ̯/
Definition of ew
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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Expression of disgust or nausea.
“Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.”
“Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!”
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intj
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Expression of disgust or nausea.
“Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.”
“Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!”
verb
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(ambitransitive, colloquial, rare)To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew.
““Brad went into a seething rage, as you do,” said Jack “and followed Harvey out of the restaurant, down the road and …” / “… Killed him with a muttonbird,” added Matahina / “A brick, then a muttonbird,” corrected Jack, to her horror. / “Ew!” she ewwed.”
““Yes. But why did she target me? I don’t understand.” / “I think it’s kind of fun.” Gen smiled, pulling out her own pack of Marlboros and lighting one. / “Ew, you would think it’s fun. Try having a stalker.” / “Don’t ew me right now, Babe. Honestly.””
“Jayden […] showed them a large cache of vintage muscleman magazines. “Look at this. Look how hot.” […] “I’m gonna hang them up all over my room. My mom says it’s OK as long as they’re not showing meat.” / “Ew,” Ava said. / “I don’t ew the shit you like,” Jayden retorted. / “You ew girls all the time,” Ava said dismissively. “And I just meant ew to calling it ‘meat.’””
noun
- (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of yew.
- (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of electronic warfare.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.
Hooks
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