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ouch

[auch] / aʊtʃ /
NOUN
pain
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As interviewer Iain Dale responded "ouch", Polanski said: "I really like Adrian, so that does hurt."

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

"We are supposed to die without even saying ouch, without expressing pain," Abudaqa said at a news conference on Tuesday.

From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2023

“If one of them has been thinking something, the others intuitively know it. I tease them: ‘If I stick one of you with a pin, all three of you would say ouch.’

From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

I would qualify for roughly $2,000 in rebates, but ouch.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

"I bet the reason a couch is called a couch is because of the ouch part," she said to herself.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds


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