oohed; oohing; oohs
: to exclaim in amazement, joy, or surprise
oohing and aahing over the new automobiles
plural oohs
: an utterance of the interjection ooh
The room erupted in oohs and cheers.—
William Zinsser
—often used with aahWilliam ZinsserWe are treated to a minute description of the improvements in Millhone's apartment, along with her oohs and aahs of pleasure and gratitude.—Alex Kozinski
Alex KozinskiHe could hear the oohs and aahs rising from the street as he made the cable jerk and spin.—E. L. Doctorow
E. L. DoctorowExamples of ooh in a Sentence
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2025
Big fan of how his ‘ooh ooh ooh, wah aah’ sounds like Jim Morrison doing a Dracula impression.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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
Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2023
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Interjection
If the long track record of Hawk-Eye used during tennis matches is a guide, fans are more than willing to ooh and ahh in excitement at a digital representation of a ball on a giant screen.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2025
Big fan of how his ‘ooh ooh ooh, wah aah’ sounds like Jim Morrison doing a Dracula impression.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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
Noun
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
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“Ooh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ooh. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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