ouch

Etymology 1
. Some sources say the interjection is attested since 1838 (and specifically in American English) and derives ultimately from, perhaps specifically via , 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".

Interjection

 * 1) An expression of one's own physical pain.
 * 2) An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
 * 3) A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).
 * 4) An expression of disappointment.
 * 5)  Expressing surprise at the high price of something.
 * 1) An expression of disappointment.
 * 2)  Expressing surprise at the high price of something.
 * 1)  Expressing surprise at the high price of something.
 * 1)  Expressing surprise at the high price of something.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:, حِلْيَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: أي, أح, آخ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bikol Central: aray
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ох
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏲ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, ,
 * Finnish:, , , auh, aijai, auh
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ái
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ahi, ahia
 * Japanese:, いて, いてて
 * Kapampangan: aray, aw
 * Kimaragang: odoi
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lakota: yúŋ
 * Latin:, hau
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:
 * Jawi:
 * Rumi:
 * Maltese: aħħ
 * Maori: taukahore
 * Navajo: ayáo, ayáh
 * Norwegian:
 * Ojibwe: iyoo
 * Pashto: وخ, وئ
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: oich, oit, aobh
 * Serbo-Croatian:, auć, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: aray, aruy, aguy,
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: అభా
 * Thai:, อุ๊ยตาย,
 * Tibetan: ཨ་ར, ཨ་ཚ , ཨ་ཆུ
 * Vietnamese: úi da, ai da, ui da,
 * Yoruba: yéè
 * Yup'ik: akekataki
 * Zealandic: ai


 * Finnish:, auh, oi voi, oijoi, voi voi
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Malay:
 * Jawi:, ادوي, وادوه
 * Rumi:, adoi, waduh
 * Norwegian: au da, uff da
 * Pashto: وخ, وئ
 * Swedish:, aj aj aj, aj då
 * Tibetan: སྙིང་རྗེ
 * Yoruba: yéè


 * Finnish:, auh
 * French:
 * Malay:
 * Jawi:, ادوي, وادوه
 * Rumi:, adoi, waduh
 * Pashto: وخ, وئ
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  Something that causes discomfort or pain.

Verb

 * 1)  To exclaim "ouch!" in discomfort or pain.

Etymology 2
Variant forms.

Interjection

 * 1) interjection expressing a sharp pain: !