Etimology
Inherited from Middle English o.
interjection
oh
Expression of surprise.
Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark.
A word to precede an added comment or afterthought.
An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
Expression of pain. See ouch.
Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
(interrogative) Expression of mild scepticism.
A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary.
Examples
Oh! I didn't see you there.
Oh, wow! That's amazing.
Oh, so that's how it works.
Oh, leave me alone.
Oh, and don't forget your coat.
Oh, gosh
Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know / That something wasn't right here?
Oh, when will it end?
And oh how stingingly acute, and pungently grievous and tormentive, are the remembrancing Reflections of a separate uncloathed Soul in the other World, upon a review of its mad Choice, foolish Hopes, fruitless Desires […]
Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]
Oh! That hurt.
"Oh! . . . oh! . . . I can't bear it . . . It is too much . . . I die . . . I am going . . ." were Polly's expressions of extasy
I'm off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-oh.
"You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?"
What if he says "Oh, I need to see your ID"?
Related words
related terms
ah
o
O
ooh
uh-oh
noun
oh (plural ohs)
An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
Examples
There were ohs and ahs, and the people twisted about as they looked for her. Then they began to applaud.
verb
oh (third-person singular simple present ohs, present participle ohing, simple past and past participle ohed)
(intransitive) To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.
Examples
A quarter of an hour elapsed, and then, after several rings at the door-bell, a smothered laugh, and a good deal of ohing and ahing, the door was thrown open, and one by one, as they were announced, in came the expected characters.
Etimology
From Middle English o, oo, from Old English ō, from Latin ō.
noun
oh (plural ohs)
The name of the Latin-script letter O.
Examples
One genuine recycled local glass of aitch-two-oh
Exes and Ohs: A Downtown Girl's Tales of Love, Lust, Revenge, and a Little Facebook Stalking
noun
oh (plural ohs)
the digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
Examples
My telephone number is four-double-three-two-oh-nine.