ooh

See also ООН

English

WOTD – 3 July 2008    

Alternative forms

• oooh, ooooh

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /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.
3. The sound made to imitate a ghost.
4. Used sometimes because of affection

Translations

expressing surprise

• Finnish: oho (fi), oo (fi), ooh (fi)

• Latin: hui (la)

expressing awe

• Finnish: oho (fi), oo (fi), ooh (fi)

• Latin: hui (la)

imitating ghost

• Finnish: huu, böö

• Turkish: böö (tr)

expressing affection

• Finnish: ooh (fi), oo (fi)

• Turkish: oy (tr), oo (tr)

Verb

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

1. To go ooh

See also

• oh
• ooh la la

Anagrams

• hoo
• oho

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Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /au/, /uː/

Noun

ooh f (plural oohyn)

1. egg

Derived terms

• ooh-chirkey