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noun

plural of ooh

as in aahs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ooh

as in shouts

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Noun

Depending on the region and the community, there are different English words that are more commonly used as loan words or as exclamations.

— Eythana Miller, The Dial, 24 Sep. 2026
His robust, under-appreciated score is composed with droning synthesizer undercurrents, old-fashioned action adventure fanfares, and intense rapid-fire tracks punctuated by brass exclamations and roaring percussion.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of exclamations

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 shouts

Noun

These types of meta-textual interjections are as much the core of the film as any one historical revelation.

— Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
But Weitz’s scratches of synth and interjections of hurdy-gurdy—the instrument at the heart of his solo debut—complicate the surface-level beauty.

— Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026

Definition of interjections

Verb

The Blackhawks dressing room was a rowdy scene after the game, their hoots and hollers reverberating throughout the bowels of the United Center.

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Cowboy and cowgirl hoots and hollers complement the rumbling of the massive animals’ hooves as they’re rounded up into the corrals.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025

Definition of hollers

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As a syringe containing the cure falls to the ground many stories below, Monster Bryan stands atop the hospital’s skybridge and roars at an approaching National Guard helicopter.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
With their bodies fused to his own, the monstrous Bryan roars atop the hospital as a military helicopter takes aim at him.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

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