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OH¹
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States.Ohio
noun OHs
- Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc.other half
- Initialism of observation helicopter.observation helicopter
- Initialism of overheard; a post whose contents were overheard by its author.overheard OH: "We should just burn the whole place down"
noun
- Initialism of office hours.office hours
symbol
- A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
- A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
oh²
- /əʊ/ UK
- [ö̞] Yorkshire
- /oʊ/ US
Sounds like o, O, owe · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Latin ō
Old French ohbor.
Middle English o
English oh
Inherited from Middle English o.
interjection
- Expression of surprise. Oh! I didn't see you there.
- Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe. Oh, wow! That's amazing.
- Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization. Oh, so that's how it works.
- A word to precede an annoyed remark. Oh, leave me alone.
- A word to precede an added or offhand comment or afterthought. Oh, and don't forget your coat.
- An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment. Oh, gosh.
- Exclamation for drama or emphasis. Oh, when will it end?
- Expression of pain. See ouch. Oh! That hurt.
- Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music. I'm off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-oh.
- Expression of mild scepticism. "You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?"
noun ohs
- An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc. There were ohs and ahs, and the people twisted about as they looked for her. Then they began to applaud.
verb ohs · ohing · ohed
- To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc. A quarter of an hour elapsed, and then, after several rings at the door-bell, a smothered laugh, and a good deal of ohing and ahing, the door was thrown open, and one by one, as they were announced, in came the expected characters.
oh³
- /əʊ/ UK
- [ö̞] Yorkshire
- /oʊ/ US
Sounds like o, O, owe · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English o, oo, from Old English ō, from Latin ō.
noun ohs · o
- The name of the Latin script letter O/o. One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh
oh⁴
- /əʊ/ UK
- [ö̞] Yorkshire
- /oʊ/ US
Sounds like o, O, owe · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From o (“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0.
noun ohs
- The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech) Jenny I've got your number. I need to make you mine. Jenny don't change your number. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Tommy Tutone, "867-5309/Jenny"
Oh⁵
- /oʊ/
Where it comes from
From Korean 오(吳) (O).
proper noun
- A surname from Korean derived from a common Korean surname. “Your son’s name. What is it?” “Oh. Benjamin Oh.” “Benjamin O … what?” “No, Oh, Officer. That’s it. The last name is Oh.”
Oh⁶
- /oʊ/
Where it comes from
From possibly Hokkien 胡 (Ô͘).
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese.
