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ooh

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noun

ooh

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ooh
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
The studio audience oohed, whooped and laughed, and the show went on. Alex Travelli, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for ooh
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ooh
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Because real branding isn’t about turning heads at the Met Gala or chasing clicks or shouting the loudest in the room.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The chief example of rudeness here is shouting admonishments at other opera patrons.
    Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
Interjection
  • Having a tour group led by Hanks inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building right beside the Apollo 11 mission's Saturn V rocket while it was being stacked was a bit of a stretch to say the least, but hey, that's Hollywood.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 June 2025
  • But hey, there’s nothing like a little friendly competition to help raise the bar.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 June 2025

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“Ooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ooh. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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