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Oh

/[ö̞]/ intj, name, noun, symbol, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Expression of surprise.

    "Oh! I didn't see you there."

  2. 2
    Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.

    "Oh, wow! That's amazing."

  3. 3
    Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.

    "Oh, so that's how it works."

  4. 4
    A word to precede an annoyed remark.

    "Oh, leave me alone."

  5. 5
    A word to precede an added or offhand comment or afterthought.

    "Oh, and don't forget your coat."

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  1. 6
    An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.

    "Oh, gosh"

  2. 7
    Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).

    "Oh, when will it end?"

  3. 8
    Expression of pain. See ouch.

    "Oh! That hurt."

  4. 9
    Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.

    "I'm off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-oh."

  5. 10
    Expression of mild scepticism. interrogative

    ""You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    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.”"

  3. 3
    A surname from Chinese.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of office hours. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
  3. 3
    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."

  4. 4
    The name of the Latin script letter O/o.

    "One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh"

  5. 5
    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""

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  1. 6
    Initialism of observation helicopter. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    Initialism of overheard; a post whose contents were overheard by its author. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "OH: "We should just burn the whole place down""

Symbol
  1. 1
    A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
  2. 2
    A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
Verb
  1. 1
    To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc. intransitive

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English o.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English o.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English o.

Etymology 4

From Middle English o, oo, from Old English ō, from Latin ō.

Etymology 5

From o (“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0.

Etymology 6

From Korean 오(吳) (O).

Etymology 7

From possibly Hokkien 胡 (Ô͘).

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