jow
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 3
/d͡ʒəʊ/(UK)
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/d͡ʒəʊ/(UK) · /d͡ʒaʊ/(US)
Definition of jow
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of jhow (“a kind of tamarisk”).
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noun
- (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of jhow (“a kind of tamarisk”).
- (historical)A premetric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch.
verb
- (UK, dialectal, transitive)To knock, strike, bump.
- (Scotland, transitive)To ring or toll (a bell).
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(India, imperative, obsolete)Go away; begone.
“This is always the way in India: the servant assures you that what you require is not procurable […] you politely reply, "Jow" (go away), and in nine cases out of ten he will return with the desired article; […]”
“He angrily tells the crowd to jow (go away), and the nearest of them sheer off a few paces, […]”
- (UK, dialectal)To talk loudly.
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Etymology
Alteration of jowl (“to knock, strike, ring a bell”), with loss of final l.
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