oh

intj

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English o English oh Inherited from Middle English o.

1. Expression of surprise.

   “Oh! I didn't see you there.”

2. Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.

   “Oh, wow! That's amazing.”

3. Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.

   “Oh, so that's how it works.”

4. A word to precede an annoyed remark.

   “Oh, leave me alone.”

5. A word to precede an added or offhand comment or afterthought.

   “Oh, and don't forget your coat.”

   “What if he says, "Oh, I need to see your ID"?”

6. An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.

   “Oh, gosh.”

   “Oh baby, baby, how was I supposed to know / That something wasn't right here?”

7. Exclamation for drama or emphasis.

   “Oh, when will it end?”

   “Oh by what plots, by what forſwearings, betrayings, oppreſsions, impriſonments, tortures, poyſonings, and vnder what reaſons of State, and politique ſubteltie, haue theſe forenamed Kings, […] pulled the vengeance of GOD vpon them-ſelues, […]”

8. Expression of pain. See ouch.

   “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: […]”

9. Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.

   “I'm off with the raggle-taggle gypsy-oh.”

10. Expression of mild scepticism.

    “"You should watch where you're going!" "Oh?"”

name

1. Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States.

noun

Etymology: From o (“zero”), extended use of letter O name based on similar shape of the number 0.

1. The digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)

   “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.”

symbol

1. A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.
2. A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English o English oh Inherited from Middle English o.

1. To utter the interjection oh; to express surprise, etc.

   “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.”