English

Interjection
owie!

1. Same as ow.

Noun
en-noun

1. context|US|regional A painful, usually minor, injury.

#* 1997, K. D. Kuch, The Babysitter's Handbook, Random House, p. 58,
#*:If it's an "owie" that has the child upset, check him from head to toe for injuries.

Usage notes
The word is most often used by a child or someone speaking in the manner of a child.

Translations

Portuguese: dodói

• 2007-11-05 05:43 - WikiPedant - added {{en-noun}}, added {{context}}; added int links to defn; reformatted quotation to conform to standard format at [[WT:QUOTE]]

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