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▪ I. oh, int. (n.)|əʊ|
[Another spelling of O int., prob. intended to express a longer or stronger sound.]
An exclamation expressing emotion of various kinds; formerly often used in all positions in which O is now more usual; now chiefly used when the exclamation is detached from what follows, and esp. as a cry of pain or terror, or in expression of shame, derisive astonishment, or disapprobation, in which case it is often repeated as oh! oh!
a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV 231 b, Oh Lorde, Oh sainct George,..have you thus doen in deede? 1552Huloet, Oh, a voyce of an exceadynge disdeynynge, reioycinge, or sorowynge. a1553Udall Royster D. iv. viii. (Arb.) 78 Oh bones, thou hittest me. 1555Tract in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xliv. 124 Oh! what a heinous work is this in the sight of God. Ibid., Oh! what damnable beasts are these. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 249 Oh for that cloud of black wrath and fury of the indignation of the Lord. 1653Walton Angler iv. 105 Oh me he has broke all, there's half a line and a good hook lost. 1707Watts Hymn ‘There is a land of pure delight’ v, Oh! could we make our doubts remove. 1711Steele Spect No. 146 ⁋3 Oh how glorious is the old Age of that great Man. 1798Coleridge Anc. Mar. iv. ix, But oh! more horrible than that Is the curse in a dead man's eye! Ibid. v. i, Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing. 1820Byron Mar. Fal. ii. i. 454 But never more—oh! never, never more..shall Sweet Quiet shed her sunset! 1843Hood Song of Shirt iv, Oh, Men, with Sisters dear! Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives! 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 52 And Oh! let me put another case, I said.
B. n. The interjection or exclamation oh!, as a name for itself. So oh dear, oh fie, etc.
1534More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. x. (1847) 223 He fet a long sigh with an oh! from the bottom of his breast. 1597Middleton Wisdom of Solomon xi. 14 God sent sad Ohs for shadows of lament. 1711Steele Spect. No. 154 ⁋2 He was reproved, perhaps, with a Blow of the Fan, or an Oh Fy! 1712Ibid. No. 400 ⁋4 An Interjection, an Ah, or an Oh, at some little Hazard in moving or making a Step. 1820W. Tooke tr. Lucian l. 386 Never-ending ohs and ahs. 1852Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 384 Oh! the professions; oh! the gold; and oh! the French—these three oh's all rank as dreadful bugbears.
Hence oh v. intr., to exclaim ‘Oh!’; trans. to greet with ‘Oh?’ Also oh-oh v.
1833R. H. Froude in Rem. (1838) I. 321 People would..‘Oh! oh!’ Ibid. 323 There is no chance of its being ‘Oh, oh!’-ed. 1848Newman Loss & Gain ii. xix. (1876) 320 It is very well for secular historians to give up a tradition..and for a generation to oh-oh it; but the Church cannot do so. 1855Dickens Dorrit i. xxxiv, All their hearing, and ohing, and cheering.
▪ II. oh, ohen
obs. forms of owe v.
▪ III. oh, oh, int.|ˈəˌəʊ|
Also ohoh.
[See O int. (n., v.) and oh int. (n.)]
An exclamation of alarm or dismay in response to adverse circumstances.
1944E. S. Gardner Case of Black-Eyed Blonde xvi. 156 Two police cars were closing in on them..‘Oh, oh!’ Della said under her breath. 1947M. Lowry Under Volcano v. 141 ‘Oh... Oh.’ The Consul groaned aloud... It came to him he was supposed to be getting ready to go to Tomalín. 1958J. Morgan Expense Account i. 11 They were on the parkway, and Pete was thinking about the children, when he snapped his fingers and said, ‘Oh, oh!’ He had forgotten to buy them anything in Chicago. 1960A. West Trend is Up vi. 259 Oh, oh, he thought, Silky is going to pass out before this night is through, that's for sure. 1962J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban iii. 58 ‘Oh, oh, I was afraid of that,’ Wilf said. |