Meaning of oh | Babel Free

Definitions

1. oh (expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization)
2. Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. Initialism of other half: a husband, wife, partner, etc.
   Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
4. Initialism of office hours.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
5. A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
6. An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
7. The name of the Latin script letter O/o.
8. The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
9. A surname from Korean derived from a common Korean surname.
10. A surname from Chinese.
11. Initialism of observation helicopter.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
12. A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.
13. Zero.
14. Initialism of overheard; a post whose contents were overheard by its author.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
15. Ohio.
16. an expression of surprise, admiration etc. Oh, what a lovely present! o, ag, og آه! о! oh och Oh! ih!; åh! ω! (επιφ.) ¡ah!, ¡oh! oi! آه؛ وای oi oh!, ah!אוי आह o! óh! oh! ó oh! ああ 오, 이런 o! ak! ak! ; ai! oh oå! Och! اوه oh oh!; ah! о!, ах!, ох! och oh! oh å!, åh! คำอุทานแสดงความแปลกใจ; ชื่นชม Oo!, Yaa!, Ee! (表示驚訝，害怕等)哦，哎呦 о!, оце так! حيرت يا تعريف کے اظہار کا لفظ à! (cảm thán) （表示惊讶，害怕等）哦，哎呦
    etc
17. open house
18. Used to express strong emotion, such as surprise, fear, anger, or pain: Oh—can't you stop making so much noise?
19. Used in direct address: Oh, sir! You forgot your keys.
20. Used to indicate understanding or acknowledgment of a statement: Oh, I see. You can't come until tomorrow.
21. an exclamation expressive of surprise, pain, pleasure, etc
22. an expression used to preface a remark, gain time, etc: oh, I suppose so.
23. (Placename) Ohio

Equivalents

Examples

“OH: "We should just burn the whole place down"”

“There were ohs and ahs, and the people twisted about as they looked for her. Then they began to applaud.”

“One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh”

“Exes and Ohs: A Downtown Girl's (Mostly Awkward) Tales of Love, Lust, Revenge, and a Little Facebook Stalking”

“Jenny I've got your number. I need to make you mine. Jenny don't change your number. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Eight six seven five three oh nine. Tommy Tutone, "867-5309/Jenny"”

“"Oh-dark-thirty," the first soldier muttered without looking at his watch.”

““Your son’s name. What is it?” “Oh. Benjamin Oh.” “Benjamin O … what?” “No, Oh, Officer. That’s it. The last name is Oh.””

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