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oompah, oom-pah|ˈuːmpɑː|
Also oompa, umpah.
[Imitative.]
A repetitive monotonous sound characteristic of a bass brass-instrument; hence, an instrument that makes such a sound. Also in reduplicated forms oompah-oompah, oomp-pah-pah. Also attrib. and as v. trans.
1877Brooklyn Monthly Oct. 21/2 If a young lady takes her place at the piano to sing, it is your duty as a gentleman to accompany her with a very bass ‘oom-pah, oom-pah, bum, bum, bum’. 1896Scribner's Mag. July 16/2 And some, near the elephant, have set aside money sufficient for a day within sound of Seidl's orchestra, yet they prefer the oom-pah bands of rusted brass. 1904Ade True Bills 86 He practised until he was able to crawl inside of a big Oom-pah and eat all of the Low Notes in the Blue Book. 1919Red Cross Mag. Mar. 4/2 But the bands still bang and oom-pah. 1924P. Rosenfeld Port of N.Y. 72 And the sheer noise..the ‘rhythmic oompa of brasses’..saturate him, thrill grim, rough sardonic joy up in him. 1926Scribner's Mag. Sept. 303/2 A genuine, imported, inimitable oompah, a horn among horns, grotesque, gigantic, inescapable. 1927R. Hughes Patent Leather Kid 224 That's the ole oompah-oompah horn... I nachelly gotta git that oompah. 1929W. Thurman Blacker the Berry 122 A brutal sliding trumpet call on the trombone..an umpah, umpah by the brass horn..and the orchestra was playing another dance tune. 1930I. Goldberg Tin Pan Alley 272 It was an oom-pah, oom-pah in quick tempo. 1951Auden Nones (1952) 65 As a trombone the clerk will bravely Go oompah-oompah to his minor grave. 1958Spectator 31 Jan. 135/1 A bombastic crescendo of the utmost thematic poverty and vulgarity, complete with oom-pah off-beat chords. 1959D. Cooke Lang. Mus. v. 257 A grotesquely galumphing 6/8 rhythm of the ‘oom-pah’ kind is set up, featuring the lewd tenor saxophone. 1961Listener 30 Mar. 950/3 The last movement, an erratic oom-pah of ninth chords, over which the violin sings a hymn. 1966Ibid. 8 Sept. 354/1 The other night the clear air of New York City was heavy with the beat of drums and the oom-pah of brass bands. 1969M. Gilbert Etruscan Net i. v. 71 They had a band..with trombones, and cornets. And a huge instrument that went oompah-oompah. 1971Guardian 4 June 10/6 It was like watching a one-man band. You appreciate his oompah versatility but you don't want to hear what he's playing. 1972J. Wain in Cox & Dyson 20th-Cent. Mind I. xi. 395 These newer poets favoured the woodwinds of the orchestra rather than the brass section so vigorously oompah'd by their seniors. 1974N.Y. Times 23 Dec. 1/1 (caption) Holiday Oomp-pah-pah. 1975New Yorker 3 Nov. 127/1 In place of oompah figures or tenths or clusters of offbeat chords in the left hand, he plays on-the-beat guitar chords—rump rump rump rump. |