ew

¹

or eww

[ ioo ]

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):

   Ew, I hate mushrooms!

EW

²

abbreviation for

1. enlisted woman ( def ); enlisted women.
2. Biology, Ecology. extinct in the wild ( def ).

EW

abbreviation for

1. Estonia (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of ew¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Word History and Origins

Origin of ew¹

from E(esti) W(abariik)

Example Sentences

When EW brought up the conversation with Garfield to Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb, the director cut them off.

From The Daily Beast

The ew-inducing Ranjeet is notorious for having taken part in an estimated 400 scenes.

From The Daily Beast

Now, the cycle of “ew” will continue, when Brutsch appears on CNN for an interview with Anderson Cooper this Thursday.

From The Daily Beast

Channing Tatum channeled his inner teenybopper alongside Jimmy Fallon for the latest installment of ‘Ew!’

From The Daily Beast

But riding the “roller coaster,” as Ariel Schulman puts it, of anonymous DIY filmmaker to EW poster boy has been heady.

From The Daily Beast

I should read Pyn, ew, instead of Fyn ew; only we have had pyn already, in l. 1379.

From Project Gutenberg

Only a ew days after her visit to Mrs. Jocelyn came a package, a large, flat, nearly square package.

From Project Gutenberg

The diphthong ew is a sample of what may be called an unsteady or unstable combination.

From Project Gutenberg

In any case, it is very certain that we come across this Patience again in Russian novels with a name ending in ow or ew.

From Project Gutenberg

Whe-e-ew, I can't stand this; come and take a walk, Leslie; I want stretching!

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