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owch

owch is the obsolete form of ouch.

Meaning of ouch

Noun

ouch (plural ouches)

  1. (informal) Something that causes discomfort or pain.
    • RhuliGel soothes the itches and ouches of summer.1986 June, “RhuliGel Soothes the Itches and Ouches of Summer [advertisement]”, in Myrna Blyth, editor, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume CIII, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Meredith Publications, →ISSN...
    Synonyms:
    ooch

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Forms of owch

pluralowches

Questions about owch

What is owch the obsolete form of?
Owch is the obsolete form of ouch.

Words near owch in the dictionary

  1. Owasco
  2. Owase
  3. OWASP
  4. Owasso
  5. Owatonna
  6. owch
  7. owche
  8. owches
  9. owchie
  10. owchies
  11. owd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: owch (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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