oom-pah

See also: oompah

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Alternative formsEdit

• oompah

EtymologyEdit

onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

oom-pah (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
2. (music) A bass line characteristic of such music, a bass that alternates lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or that alternates in a mid-high-low-high sequence.

Derived termsEdit

• oompah-like