Boh

intj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of back of house. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Intj
  1. 1
    An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

    "In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!"

Synonyms

All synonyms
aka boaka-boarabbad breathbad smellbeachcomber

Example

More examples

"I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the pages of Henri Murger's Vie de Bohème."

Etymology

Imitative. See boo.

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