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Recent Examples of ooh
Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
One particularly dedicated fan — a young Taiwanese woman — visits every year or so, to ooh and ah at the new additions to the collection.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
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
Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Shane and Ted gritted their teeth and checked their watches as the other passengers oohed and ahhed.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Interjection
This three-pack is suitable for folks with larger homes (ooh, look at you).
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
One particularly dedicated fan — a young Taiwanese woman — visits every year or so, to ooh and ah at the new additions to the collection.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
Vance’s Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment
Her ooh’s and ahh’s draw Shipp over, gears already turning.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
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
Verb
Back at the Chengdu panda base, Hua Hua, the 4-year-old celebrity panda, enjoyed her breakfast of bamboo shoots while the crowd oohed and aahed at her every move.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Shane and Ted gritted their teeth and checked their watches as the other passengers oohed and ahhed.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ooh
Verb
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As the Blazers pulled away in the third quarter, Kim and Vu were in sync, oohing and aahing when Shaedon Sharpe dunked or Donovan Clingan rejected shots.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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By the same token, the stars assembled to deliver statuettes into the hands of their fellow stars were worth oohing and aahing over.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Traditionally, the upside down American flag signals distress, and that was the mood expressed as speakers shouted, cried and chanted with the crowd of around 100 people.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
17 May 2025
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In a separate post, Cabrera shouted out some teammates who came and visited him in the hospital overnight.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2025
Interjection
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And hey, maybe Versant will buy all those unwanted cable channels anyway.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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But hey, her Texas accent was pretty good, at least to my northerner ear.—
Lizzie Logan,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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“Ooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ooh. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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