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ouching

ouching is the present participle and gerund of ouch.

Meaning of ouch

Verb

ouch (third-person singular simple present ouches, present participle ouching, simple past and past participle ouched)

  1. (intransitive) To exclaim "ouch!" in discomfort or pain.
    • Imperturbability your skill, not mine / I ouch out loud and clear / Your forgiveness, like Pope's divine / I'm just an angry queer1984 April 21, “Mousie Mousie Wildflower”, in Gay Community News, page 18

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Questions about ouching

What is ouching the present participle and gerund of?
Ouching is the present participle and gerund of ouch.

Words near ouching in the dictionary

  1. ouched
  2. ouches
  3. Ouchi
  4. ouchie
  5. ouchies
  6. ouching
  7. Ouchis
  8. ouchless
  9. ouchy
  10. oud
  11. oud bruin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ouching (page history and authors); ouch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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