aw
interjection
(used to express protest, disbelief, disgust, or commiseration.)
aw
1 American
[aw]
/ ɔ /
interjection
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(used to express protest, disbelief, disgust, or commiseration.)
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(used to express sentimental or sugary approval.)
AW
2
American
a.w.
3
American
Or
aw
abbreviation
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actual weight.
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(in shipping) all water.
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atomic weight.
aw
1
British
/ ɔː /
determiner
aw
2
British
/ ɔː /
interjection
aw
3
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of aw
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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In 2019’s “Shazam!,” also directed by David F. Sandberg, there was something rather charming about Levi’s boyish performance, a grown man playing Superman with all the aw shucks wonder of a teenager.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023
Some of the lines are more meta than others, with a character accusing Parton of stealing her man and Parton saying in her trademark, aw shucks tone, "I know people talk but I'm no witch."
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2022
Turns out, AG had misused common elements of the Scots language like syne and an aw.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2020
The words were hastily rewritten by local musician Dorothy LaBostrie, who replaced "good booty" with "aw rootie", a slang version of "all righty."
From BBC • May 9, 2020
Ah looked at de picture a long time and seen it was mah dress and mah hair so Ah said: ‘“Aw, aw!
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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