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Definition 2024
aah
aah
English
Interjection
aah
- Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
- Aah! That's amazing!
- Indication of joyful pleasure.
- 1834 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation
- Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
- 1834 — Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation
- Indication of sympathy.
- Indication of mouth being opened wide.
- Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
- To express understanding.
- Aah. Now I understand.
- The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's needed for emphasis.)
- AAAHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!
Translations
expressing amazement or surprise
Noun
aah (plural aahs)
- Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
- Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
- The exclamation aah.
Translations
Verb
aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed)
- (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
- To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
- Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
- To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.
- To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
Usage notes
- The object of feelings usually is indicated by the prepositions over or at.
- Very often the word is used together with some other verb derived from an interjection. The most common combination is to ooh and aah.
Translations
to express amazement using "aah!"
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