English Explanatory Dictionary

OH

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States.
noun
  1. Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc.
  2. Initialism of observation helicopter.
  3. Initialism of overheard; a post whose contents were overheard by its author.
noun
  1. Initialism of office hours.
symbol
  1. A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
  2. A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
intj
  1. Expression of surprise.
  2. Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
  3. Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
  4. A word to precede an annoyed remark.
  5. A word to precede an added or offhand comment or afterthought.
  6. An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
  7. Exclamation for drama or emphasis.
  8. Expression of pain. See ouch.
  9. Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
  10. Expression of mild scepticism.
noun
  1. An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
verb
  1. To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.
noun
  1. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
noun
  1. The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
name
  1. A surname from Korean derived from a common Korean surname.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

Pronunciation

/əʊ/ En-uk-oh.ogg [ö̞] /oʊ/ en-us-oh-surprise.ogg en-us-oh-realization.ogg en-us-o.ogg en-us-owe.ogg

Word forms

OH OHs ohing ohed o

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English o.

Related words

ah o ooh uh-oh

Derived words

oh ar oh boy oh dear oh girl oh God oh gods oh hell oh joy oh man oh me of little faith oh me oh my oh my oh my Allah oh my days oh my fuck oh my God oh my Goddess oh my gods oh my goodness oh my goodness gracious ohmygosh oh my gosh oh my heck oh my hell oh my lanta oh my life oh my Lord oh my stars oh my word oh my Zeus oh no oh noes oh oh oh really oh snap oh so oh well oh worm oh yeah oh ye of little faith soot-oh uh oh uhoh why oh why Oh Em Gee oh-em-gee oh zee oh-zee ohzee four oh four oh dark hundred oh dark thirty oh-dark-thirty
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