wow
noun/waʊ/
/waʊ/
- [singular] (informal) a great success
- Don't worry. You'll be a wow.
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- [uncountable] (specialist) slow changes in the pitch of sound played in a sound recording compare flutter
Word Originsense 1natural exclamation: first recorded in Scots in the early 16th cent.sense 2 1930s: imitative.
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