aahing

verb

variants also ahing
present participle of aah
as in oohing

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  1. shouting
  2. howling
  3. hollering
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  • Combat sequences, set in the Pacific theater and filmed in Australia, look expansive and authentic, weaving around hundreds of soldiers running and shouting and shooting at once.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The most common type was verbal abuse, including shouting or swearing, which 34% of retail respondents experienced.
    — Andrew Adam Newman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of shouting
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  • But that’s what has been proposed here even as the sane heads in the City Council and beyond have been howling for, and shown the way toward, efficiencies.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The living room and bedrooms faced 96th, a crosstown corridor over which ambulances and police cars sped day and night, their sirens howling.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of howling
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  • Perhaps even more notable was his volume at prospect camp practice on Friday, hooting and hollering and firing up his teammates.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The stallion gallops onto the field every time the team scores a touchdown, adding to the reverberating noise of fans hooting and hollering in the stands.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hollering
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