oohed; oohing; oohs
: to exclaim in amazement, joy, or surprise
oohing and aahing over the new automobiles
plural oohs
: an utterance of the interjection ooh
The room erupted in oohs and cheers.—
William Zinsser
—often used with aahWilliam ZinsserWe are treated to a minute description of the improvements in Millhone's apartment, along with her oohs and aahs of pleasure and gratitude.—Alex Kozinski
Alex KozinskiHe could hear the oohs and aahs rising from the street as he made the cable jerk and spin.—E. L. Doctorow
E. L. DoctorowExamples of ooh in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebUmair Irfan, Vox, 14 May 2024
If your Valentine is the type to ooh and ahh over historical documents, History by Mail offers them a monthly delivery of a new document replicated by a graphic designer.
—Buy Side Staff, wsj.com, 10 Jan. 2024
Miles Socha, WWD, 27 June 2024
There was quite a bit of oohing and aahing at the Hotel Thermal in 2023 when the Karlovy Vary film festival opening ceremony started with a curtain being raised and women becoming visible.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023
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Interjection
Anticipating how this activity will ripple toward our home planet is an important task, not just so we Earthlings can get our cameras ready and ooh and aah at the nighttime colors; space weather can create problems for communication, navigation, and the power grid.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 May 2024
If your Valentine is the type to ooh and ahh over historical documents, History by Mail offers them a monthly delivery of a new document replicated by a graphic designer.
—Buy Side Staff, wsj.com, 10 Jan. 2024
Verb
Guests oohed and aahed over furniture by the Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen, who designed his third collaboration with the Spanish brand, while some lamented that the sofas, however comfortable, seemed a tad big for most apartments.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 27 June 2024
There was quite a bit of oohing and aahing at the Hotel Thermal in 2023 when the Karlovy Vary film festival opening ceremony started with a curtain being raised and women becoming visible.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
Noun
The crowd ooh-ed and ahh-ed as athletes leapt from the tower’s many platforms in a performance to cap off the ceremony, including cliff diver Ellie Smith, Olympians Louganis and Sam Dorman, and children beginning their foray into the sport.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023
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“Ooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ooh. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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