Definitions
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- interjection Alternative form of
uh-oh .
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Examples
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Dictionaries that have an entry for oh as “an expression of wonderment” fail to carry a definition of oh-oh, or the more staccato uh-oh.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Dictionaries that have an entry for oh as “an expression of wonderment” fail to carry a definition of oh-oh, or the more staccato uh-oh.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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The 3-hour session included a private body composition analysis and fitness assessment (oh-oh) and a personal training session (okaaay) and then the good stuff: a 50-minute, customized Swedish massage (puuurfect).
Barbara Barton Sloane: Cold Comfort Barbara Barton Sloane 2011
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For 2000, “two thousand” has only three (3) syllables, while “twenty hundred” or “twenty oh-oh” have four (4) syllables.
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If young men today grow up with aging dads who strive for unrealistic versions of masculinity, will they face the kind of 'oh-oh' moments women do as their looks change?
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: Men Need a 'Lift' Too: Aging Levels the Playing Field 2010
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I think it has lots of potential - the exoskeleton as metaphor for alienation and failure to engage, the small & hopeful tail, the tenderness beneath the toughness...if anyone can write it, Anderson can oh-oh, he does have an MFA....
Sexy, Sexy Armadillos Editorial Anonymous 2010
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The group certainly peppered the show with some uplifting songs, both old and new, including the ever-gliding “Clocks” and the new “Viva La Vida” – the crowd ready for the “oh-oh” sing-along part.
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September 24, 2008 at 9:20 am oh-oh noaw ai iz confuzzled…..iz dey cholit possumz….az in ….cholit ina SHAPE ofa possum…..oar iz dey possumz hoo ar covereded in cholit…..
supr genius kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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(Soundbite of laughter) MARTIN: Humming them quietly until someone gives me a dirty look, and then I'm … Ms. GOODMAN: oh-oh.
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But I don't wanna go, don't wanna go, but oh-oh had I better
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