oh
see also: OH
Pronunciation Interjection
OH
Proper noun
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see also: OH
Pronunciation Interjection
- Expression of surprise.
- Oh! I didn't see you there.
- Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
- Oh, wow! That's amazing.
- Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
- Oh, so that's how it works.
- A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark.
- Oh, leave me alone.
- A word to precede an added comment or afterthought.
- Oh, and don't forget your coat.
- An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
- Oh, gosh
- 1998, Max Martin, ...Baby One More Time (song performed by Britney Spears)
- Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know / That something wasn't right here?
- Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
- Oh, when will it end?
- Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
- Expression of pain. See ouch.
- Oh! That hurt.
- 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:
- "Oh! . . . oh! . . . I can't bear it . . . It is too much . . . I die . . . I am going . . ." were Polly's expressions of extasy
- Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
- (interrogative) Expression of mild scepticism.
- "You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?"
- A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary.
- What if he says "Oh, I need to see your ID"?
- Portuguese: ah
- Russian: а
oh (plural ohs)
- An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
- 2011, Seabert Parsons, The Lost Codex of Palenque, page 240
- There were ohs and ahs, and the people twisted about as they looked for her. Then they began to applaud.
- 2011, Seabert Parsons, The Lost Codex of Palenque, page 240
oh (ohs, present participle ohing; past and past participle ohed)
- (intransitive) To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.
- 1852, Merry's museum and Parley's magazine (volumes 23-24, page 46)
- A quarter of an hour elapsed, and then, after several rings at the door-bell, a smothered laugh, and a good deal of ohing and ahing, the door was thrown open, and one by one, as they were announced, in came the expected characters.
- 1852, Merry's museum and Parley's magazine (volumes 23-24, page 46)
oh (plural ohs)
- the letter O, o (more commonly spelled o)
- 2006, Ben Bova, Titan, p. 33
- One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh
- 2006, Ben Bova, Titan, p. 33
oh (plural ohs)
- the digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
- My telephone number is four-double-three-two-oh-nine.
OH
Proper noun
- (US) Abbreviation of Ohio#English|Ohio.
oh (plural ohs)
- (Internet slang) Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc.
- (US, army, aviation) Initialism of observation helicopter
- Initialism of office hours
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