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och^¹

/ɒx/

Rhymes with -ɒx

Where it comes from

Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.

interjection ach · ock · awk

Ireland, Scotland general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
Ireland, Scotland an expression of anger, frustration, surprise “Och, ooh, it’s so confusing, it hurts my wee head! I’m just a woman, you know, just a pair of ovaries and some bangs! How do I have the mental capacity to pick from one of two options? Put me down for a no, and never trust me with an important decision again!”

Och^²

proper noun Ochs

A surname.

OCH^³

noun

uncountable 6-oxocamphor hydrolase

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@misc{och_2026,
  title = {och},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/och},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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