ooh
(Redirected from oooooh)
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ooh (with as many 'o's as needed to express the length of the utterance)
- An expression of surprise.
- An expression of awe.
- A sound made to imitate a ghost.
- An expression of affection.
- An expression of pain.
- An expression of interest or anticipation.
- Ooh, that looks delicious!
- An expression of excitement or enthusiastic interest.
- Ooh, I love that book!
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expressing surprise
expressing awe
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ooh (plural oohs)
- An exclamation of ooh.
- 2013, Tom Turpin, Modern Custom Guns: Walnut, Steel, and Uncommon Artistry, 2nd edition, Iola, Wis.: Gun Digest Books, →ISBN, page 47:
- The most underrated component in building a custom gun is the metalsmithing. Stock work immediately attracts attention. Fancy checkering patterns, meticulously executed, are sure to elicit oohs and ahhs.
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ooh (third-person singular simple present oohs, present participle oohing, simple past and past participle oohed)
- To exclaim ooh.
- 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
- In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
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Etymology edit
From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
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ooh m (genitive singular oohey, plural oohyn)