yeow
/jiːˈaʊ
/exclamation
Used to express pain or shock: ‘Yeow!’ His hand shot back, the ring of tiny teeth marks red and bright...
- Well, you should have taken that into consider… yeow!
- I am trying to picture this whole thing in my mind's eye, yeow, it hurts me just thinking about it.
- Yeow ... those painful cramps! Expert advice to avoid muscle woes.
Origin
Natural exclamation: first recorded in American English in the 1920s.