ewint.

Brit.

/(j)ɪw/, U.S.

/(j)ɪw/

Forms: 1900s– euuw, 1900s– euuww, 1900s– euuwww, 1900s– euw, 1900s– euww, 1900s– euwww, 1900s– ew, 1900s– eww, 1900s– ewww. Forms with u occurring three or more times or w occurring four or more times are also occasionally attested.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare ugh int. and n., ough int., ooh int., oh int.

colloquial (originally North American).

Used as an emphatic expression, chiefly of disgust, but also (formerly) of surprise or approval.

ΚΠ

1967 C. A. Perkins Fiji xviii. 157 I explain I'm going on a trip with my friends. ‘E-w-w-w! Where to?’ ‘All around Viti Levu on the bus.’ ‘E-w-w-w so far!’

1969 M. Renek Siam Miami xi. 125 ‘Here, my darling.’ She sipped at the lip of the glass. ‘Ewwww, delicious.’

1969 Washington Post 3 Dec. f10/5 (comic strip) ‘We're celebrating our tenth anniversary, so this stew is on the house.’ ‘Ew-ww. Are you sure it's not the stew celebrating its tenth anniversary?’

1978 Washington Post 8 Sept. (Weekend section) 6/1 ‘Ewwww,’ said the kids. ‘They don't have very many manners.’

1985 Chicago Tribune 23 June iii. 8/4 It's a nuisance,..but it's better than having a friend exclaim involuntarily, ‘Ew, gross.’

1996 Q Jan. 93/2 And—eww!—kidneys and all those things you have. You guys eat so much insides!

1998 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 27 Aug. e2 So sordid as to be impossible to discuss in public, or even private (because, euuw, who really wants to).

2003 Smash Hits! 12 Nov. 60/3 What would you do if your mum started snogging your fella? Euw! How wrong is that?

2004 Esquire Aug. 68/1 When..[he] won the gold in 2000 and chalked it up to a drink made from the stomach secretions of giant-hornet larvae, the response..was not Ewwwwww! but How can I get me some of that?

2007 Philadelphia Feb. 103/2 Sex toys are so mainstream these days, you may just run into your boss, or, ew, your dad while shopping.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

EW n. Military electronic warfare, the use of electromagnetic or directed energy to disrupt, take advantage of, or deny an enemy's use of the electromagnetic spectrum for military purposes, or to attack personnel or physical resources directly.

ΚΠ

1956 Aviation Week 6 Aug. 257/1 For this reason the EW Lab has an Applied Research and Analysis Branch.

1991 Air Force Mag. June 23 (advt.) Tomorrow's fighter aircraft will require even more capable, fully integrated EW systems.

2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 June 8 The executive described EW as a ‘cat and mouse chess game’ of constant advances, with new ‘counter-counter measures’ developed each time a potential adversary overcomes it.

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释义	ewint. Brit. /(j)ɪw/, U.S. /(j)ɪw/ Forms: 1900s– euuw, 1900s– euuww, 1900s– euuwww, 1900s– euw, 1900s– euww, 1900s– euwww, 1900s– ew, 1900s– eww, 1900s– ewww. Forms with u occurring three or more times or w occurring four or more times are also occasionally attested. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare ugh int. and n., ough int., ooh int., oh int. colloquial (originally North American). Used as an emphatic expression, chiefly of disgust, but also (formerly) of surprise or approval. ΚΠ 1967 C. A. Perkins Fiji xviii. 157 I explain I'm going on a trip with my friends. ‘E-w-w-w! Where to?’ ‘All around Viti Levu on the bus.’ ‘E-w-w-w so far!’ 1969 M. Renek Siam Miami xi. 125 ‘Here, my darling.’ She sipped at the lip of the glass. ‘Ewwww, delicious.’ 1969 Washington Post 3 Dec. f10/5 (comic strip) ‘We're celebrating our tenth anniversary, so this stew is on the house.’ ‘Ew-ww. Are you sure it's not the stew celebrating its tenth anniversary?’ 1978 Washington Post 8 Sept. (Weekend section) 6/1 ‘Ewwww,’ said the kids. ‘They don't have very many manners.’ 1985 Chicago Tribune 23 June iii. 8/4 It's a nuisance,..but it's better than having a friend exclaim involuntarily, ‘Ew, gross.’ 1996 Q Jan. 93/2 And—eww!—kidneys and all those things you have. You guys eat so much insides! 1998 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 27 Aug. e2 So sordid as to be impossible to discuss in public, or even private (because, euuw, who really wants to). 2003 Smash Hits! 12 Nov. 60/3 What would you do if your mum started snogging your fella? Euw! How wrong is that? 2004 Esquire Aug. 68/1 When..[he] won the gold in 2000 and chalked it up to a drink made from the stomach secretions of giant-hornet larvae, the response..was not Ewwwwww! but How can I get me some of that? 2007 Philadelphia Feb. 103/2 Sex toys are so mainstream these days, you may just run into your boss, or, ew, your dad while shopping. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas EW EW n. chiefly U.S. (now somewhat rare) enlisted woman (or women); cf. EM n. ΚΠ 1943 F. M. Holbrook & K. D. Neely Memo 15 July in M. E. Treadwell Women's Army Corps (1954) 226 Many complaints were received that the EW could not readily contact her [sc. the Commanding Officer] for conferences. 1989 J. H. Stiehm Arms & Enlisted Woman iv. 99 Responses were taken from officers and NCOs..and from EM and EW separately. extracted from En.¹ EW EW n. Military electronic warfare, the use of electromagnetic or directed energy to disrupt, take advantage of, or deny an enemy's use of the electromagnetic spectrum for military purposes, or to attack personnel or physical resources directly. ΚΠ 1956 Aviation Week 6 Aug. 257/1 For this reason the EW Lab has an Applied Research and Analysis Branch. 1991 Air Force Mag. June 23 (advt.) Tomorrow's fighter aircraft will require even more capable, fully integrated EW systems. 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 23 June 8 The executive described EW as a ‘cat and mouse chess game’ of constant advances, with new ‘counter-counter measures’ developed each time a potential adversary overcomes it. extracted from En.¹ < int.1967 as lemmas
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