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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

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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

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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

O’Kane shouts when Tom Brokaw announces that one of the men suspected of plotting the attack has been detained.

— Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, shouts slogans during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa on September 10, 2026.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of shout

Noun

Every exclamation, every hesitation, every slip of the tongue (including the film’s title, reportedly uttered by the real Chaplin twins once) comes simultaneously from both women.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Multiple question marks and multiple exclamation marks secured better rates than single marks, which secured better rates than none.

— Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of exclamation

Verb

The Indians in Westerns had war paint and whooped like savages.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
Hundreds of spectators gathered along Ocean Boulevard dressed in rainbow tutus, dresses and shirts, whooping and waving as the Long Beach Pride parade rolled past Sunday morning.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026

Definition of whoop

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