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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oompah en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of oom-pah.
    alt of oom-pah

Forms

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oompahs Number=Plur lexicographic

oompah en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To produce an oom-pah sound.
    • Beer foamed; champagne bottles stood at attention in silver buckets; military brass oompahed over the hill and the summer air grew heavy with jubilation […] 1995, Simon Schama, Landscape and memory:
    • ...the house filled with the sounds of Mario Lanza, or oompahing tubas […] 2005, Jeannette Walls, The glass castle:

Forms

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oompahs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
oompahed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
oompahed Tense=Past lexicographic
oompahing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic