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Definition of "aah" []

  • Used to express pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy. (interjection)
  • To exclaim in pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy: The crowd was oohing and aahing beside the panda's enclosure. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "aah" in a sentence
  • "While his hands are (or were) squeaky clean, he's just dragged them across a splattered palette of germs collected from every patient he's seen today, yesterday, or maybe even last week, and now - open up and say "aah" - those hands are headed straight for your unguarded mouth."
  • ""aah" -- doesn't she sound like the violins in the scary music they use in"
  • "I made the "aah" sound and told him he would have to endure a reminiscence."