aah

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Interjection

1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

   Aah! That's amazing!

2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
   • 1834 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation

     Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?

3. Indication of sympathy.

   Aah, I feel so bad for you...

4. Indication of mouth being opened wide.

   Dentists would always instruct, say aah!

5. To express understanding.

   Aah. Now I understand.

6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).

   AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!

   Aah! A rat!

Translations

• Portuguese: nossa
• Russian: ах
• Spanish: ay, ah

Noun

aah (plural aahs)

1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
3. The exclamation aah.

Verb

aah (aahs, present participle aahing; past and past participle aahed)

1. (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
   1. To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.

      Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.

   2. To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.

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