ouch

== English == === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Some sources say the interjection is attested since 1838 (and specifically in American English) and derives ultimately from German autsch, perhaps specifically via Pennsylvania German outch (“cry of pain”), as early attestations of the interjection are from Pennsylvania. However, others say the interjection is a "mere" or "natural" exclamation attested since the mid 1600s, and the 1933 OED cites one instance of a verb "ouch" in 1654, "Sancho Pancas Runs Ouching round the mountaine like a ranck-Asse". ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -aʊtʃ ==== Interjection ==== ouch An expression of one's own physical pain. An expression in sympathy at another's pain. A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking). An expression of disappointment. (slang) Expressing surprise at the high price of something. ===== Synonyms ===== (in all of the above senses): oof, ow, owie, youch, yow, yowch ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== ouch (plural ouches) (informal) Something that causes discomfort or pain. Synonym: ooch ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== ouch (third-person singular simple present ouches, present participle ouching, simple past and past participle ouched) (intransitive) To exclaim "ouch!" in discomfort or pain. ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === Variant forms. ==== Noun ==== ouch (plural ouches) Alternative form of ouche. === References === === Anagrams === Chou, Chūō, chou == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uʃ/ === Interjection === ouch interjection expressing a sharp pain: ouch! ==== Synonyms ==== (expression of pain): aïe, ahi, ouille, ayoye (Quebec) == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German ouh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈou̯x/ === Adverb === ouch also, too, as well ==== Descendants ==== Alemannic German: au Cimbrian: òch Central Franconian: Hunsrik: aach Luxembourgish: och German: auch Rhine Franconian: Pennsylvania German: aa Yiddish: אויך (oykh) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “ouch”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “ouch”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition