ahh
Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]ahh
See also
[edit]English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ahh
- Alternative spelling of aah.
Noun
[edit]ahh (plural ahhs)
- Alternative spelling of aah.
- 2009 January 4, Joe Brescia, “Twins Graduate From Columbia to Stardom at the Circus”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 11 February 2021:
- In any given performance, their tosses and spins and leaps elicit oohs and ahhs from children and adults.
- 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.
Verb
[edit]ahh (third-person singular simple present ahhs, present participle ahhing, simple past and past participle ahhed)
- Alternative spelling of aah.
Etymology 2
[edit]Respelling of ass representing a pronunciation with elision of the final consonant, which can occur in African-American Vernacular English. Later non-African American Vernacular English uses are perhaps derived from, or influenced by, -ahh (“-ass”). Equivalent to ass + -h.
Noun
[edit]ahh (plural ahhs)
- (African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of ass.
- 2023 October 5, @404_Litee, Twitter[4]:
- I watched a gay nigga roast this baddie … I swear on everything she wasn't even bad to me no more after he fyed her ahh up 😂
- 2024 May 27, @swweetrain, Twitter[5]:
- need to start working my ahh off once my injury heals completely for my laser treatment. huft.
- 2025 June 19, @ayanadate, Twitter[6]:
- Disown your ahh
Particle
[edit]ahh
- (African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) Alternative form of -ahh. Occurs after an adjective or phrase.