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aah en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
    • 'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame. 1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62:
    • Aah! That's amazing!
  2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
    • Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget? 1834, Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation:
  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!

Deriveds

say aah

Translations (27)

cmn(expressing amazement or surprise) · hy ահ (expressing amazement or surprise) · sv ah (expressing amazement or surprise) · cmn(expressing amazement or surprise) · mhr а-а (expressing amazement or surprise) · ru ах (expressing amazement or surprise) · pl ach (expressing amazement or surprise) · kk аһ (expressing amazement or surprise) · lt ach (expressing amazement or surprise) · nl och (expressing amazement or surprise) · shn ဢႃ (expressing amazement or surprise) · sh о (expressing amazement or surprise) · da aha (expressing amazement or surprise) · da ah (expressing amazement or surprise) · hy ուխ (expressing amazement or surprise) · hu á (expressing amazement or surprise) · ka აჰ (expressing amazement or surprise) · sh o (expressing amazement or surprise) · es ¡ah! (expressing amazement or surprise) · pt nossa (expressing amazement or surprise) · tyv аа (expressing amazement or surprise) · sv åh (expressing amazement or surprise) · cmn(expressing amazement or surprise) · es ¡ay! (expressing amazement or surprise) · sv oh (expressing amazement or surprise) · et ah (expressing amazement or surprise) · la hui (expressing amazement or surprise)

Source: en.wiktionary, “aah” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

aah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
aahs Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

et ahhetus (expression of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm) · pl ach (expression of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm)

Source: en.wiktionary, “aah” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

aah en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (informal, intransitive) To say or exclaim aah. ▸ To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
    • In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking. 2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66:
    • Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To say or exclaim aah. ▸ To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.

Forms

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aahed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
aahed Tense=Past lexicographic
aahing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
aahs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

aaher

Translations (1)

et ahhetama (to express amazement using "aah!")