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noun

variants also ah
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as in ooh

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verb

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Recent Examples of aah
Noun
Boil peas, dress with an herbal vinaigrette, and ooh and aah over all the flavor. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026 During meteor showers, Earthlings ooh and aah over bits of rock that have broken off comets or asteroids as the travel around the sun. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
The emotion inside the building was impossible to ignore, the crowd oohing and aahing at every crossover, gasping at every shot and desperately trying to will the ball into the basket each time a Laker launched it. — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Arriving via the gorgeous gardens of Grosvenor Square, my partner and I oohed and aahed at the imposing marble, opulent chandeliers and old-world glamour of the hotel lobby. — Caroline Dolby, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for aah
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aah
  1. ooh
  2. shout
  3. exclamation
  4. whoop
  5. roar
Noun
  • When Yoda did come through the entrance with shelter volunteer Linda Miller, there were cheers and oohs and aahs at the sight of the bundle of energy.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Definition of ooh
Verb
  • Lil’ Randy shouts repeatedly as he is hauled off, a great ending to a pretty great episode.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The drunk-and-disorderly charge is linked to a December incident, in which Minton is accused of shouting and cursing at patrons of a tattoo studio in Hickory, court records show.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of shout
Noun
  • Roughly every 76 years, Halley punctuates history like an exclamation mark in the night sky.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Deepening the flavor of place and time, the evening is peppered with Spanish phrases, interjections, exclamations and homilies.
    — Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of exclamation
Verb
  • Continue reading … INTO THE LION'S DEN — 'Real Time' host extends olive branch to El-Sayed who promised to 'whoop' him on air.
    — , FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Definition of whoop
Verb
  • David Pastrnak scored a tying power-play goal and Frederic Brunet got his first NHL goal for the Bruins, who roared back from an early two-goal deficit and improved to 6-2-0.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Marsh knew it, putting his hands on his helmet as the crowd roared and the stadium fireworks went off.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of roar

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“Aah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aah. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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