Meaning of Wow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Anything exceptionally surprising, unbelievable, outstanding, etc.
   informal
2. A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and tape recorders.
   countable, uncountable
3. Alternative letter-case form of WoW (“World of Warcraft”).
   alt-of
4. Initialism of World of Warcraft.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. Abbreviation of weight on wheels
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
6. An utterance of "wow".
   informal
7. Initialism of War on Women.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism
8. Initialism of Windows on Windows.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“‘And say, Jimmy, wait till you see me in my new outfit...It’s a wow, kid.’”

“‘Jesus suffering fuck,’ said Adrian. ‘It’s not half a thought.’ ‘Face it, it’s a wow.’”

“On this trip, we talked with fellow cruisers about their travels and boats, and many were curious about the Beneteau Swift Trawler. Gow graciously gave tours, during which we heard many wows, oohs and aahs.”

“One woman took a seat nearer the front for a closer look at my maps. Several people exhaled loudly. I heard a wow now and then.”

“Sound films have to be loaded so that the sound is 5 seconds before the sound drum so a wow does not result when the film is punched up on the air.”

“Though WOW has yet to flinch from the upcoming third-generation MMOs, Crusade – which will be done when it’s done – should further swell its chest.”

“An interesting example is World of Warcraft (WOW), a fantasy, role-playing game in which players adopt characters and try to work their way from level 1 to level 80 by fighting with other players and acquiring weapons and magical artefacts.”

“The most popular of these games has become commonly known by the acronym WOW, but is actually called World of Warcraft. […] And it isn't just youth who are playing the game, "I'd say about 50% of players on WOW are over the age of 25," claims Xander Bahl, a sophomore at ORHS.”

“What with growing buzz on what is suddenly a real challenger to World of Warcraft throne as Star Wars: The Old Republic rumbles into view, I’d also be surprised if the goliath Acti-Bliz corporation don’t rattle sabres back at EA with, at the very least, the name of the MMO that Blizzard are developing alongside WOW.”

“The good news is, in dating, as in WOW, you will always resurrect from a bad encounter, with only a little bit of invisible armor damage and no reason not to try again.”

“In this excerpt, Weibin in turn #3 suggested another idea of using the dinosaur as a “mount”, a common item in popular online games, such as MapleStory and WOW.”

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