ew

or eww

[ ioo ]

/ ɪu /

interjection

(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like): Ew, I hate mushrooms!

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salute

to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.

to wield power; exercise rule.

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Words nearby ew

evtushenko, evulse, evulsion, evvoia, evzone, ew, ewa beach, ewald, ewan, ewart, ewart's sign

Definition for ew (2 of 2)

enlisted woman; enlisted women.

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Example sentences from the Web for ew

When EW brought up the conversation with Garfield to Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb, the director cut them off.
Could Spider-Man Be Gay? Andrew Garfield Thinks So.|Kevin Fallon|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Now, the cycle of “ew” will continue, when Brutsch appears on CNN for an interview with Anderson Cooper this Thursday.
Why Gawker Should Lose Its War With Reddit|Alex Klein|October 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Channing Tatum channeled his inner teenybopper alongside Jimmy Fallon for the latest installment of ‘Ew!’
Obamacare, Ann Curry, Nora Ephron, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|June 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But riding the “roller coaster,” as Ariel Schulman puts it, of anonymous DIY filmmaker to EW poster boy has been heady.
The Hottest Property at Sundance|Nicole LaPorte|January 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I is joined with eu in lieu, and ew in view; which triphthongs are sounded as the open u.
A Grammar of the English Tongue|Samuel Johnson
Only a ew days after her visit to Mrs. Jocelyn came a package, a large, flat, nearly square package.
Polly of the Hospital Staff|Emma C. Dowd
It treated only of the colonization of ew England:—and that only stood on its title-page.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIII.--April, 1852.--Vol. IV.|Various
Ive heard of Pink, and I once met a man called Blue, but he spelt it ew.
The Search Party|G. A. Birmingham
Knarf sah nugeb gninrael Nital ew deef eht Nibor yreve gninrom.
The Letters of Jane Austen|Jane Austen

British Dictionary definitions for ew

abbreviation for

Estonia (international car registration)

Word Origin for EW

from E(esti) W(abariik)

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