ooh

ooh

See also: OOH, ООН, and ööh

English

WOTD – 3 July 2008

Alternative forms

• oooh, ooooh

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /uː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

ooh (with as many 'o's as needed to express the length of the utterance)

1. An expression of surprise.
2. An expression of awe.
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3. A sound made to imitate a ghost.
4. An expression of affection.
5. An expression of pain.

Translations

expressing surprise

Finnish: oho (fi), oo (fi), ooh (fi) Latin: hui

Swedish: oj (sv)

expressing awe

Esperanto: hu Finnish: oho (fi), oo (fi), ooh (fi) Latin: hui

Spanish: uy (es) Swedish: åh (sv)

imitating ghost

Finnish: huu, böö (fi) Swedish: buu, böö

Turkish: böö

expressing affection

Finnish: ooh (fi), oo (fi)

Turkish: oy (tr), oo (tr)

Noun

ooh (plural oohs)

1. An exclamation of ooh.

Verb

ooh (third-person singular simple present oohs, present participle oohing, simple past and past participle oohed)

1. To exclaim ooh.

See also

• oh
• ooh la la

Anagrams

• Hoo, hoo, oho

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish og, from Proto-Celtic *āuyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au/, /uː/

Noun

ooh m (genitive singular oohey, plural oohyn)

1. egg

Derived terms

• ooh-chirkey