Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to express surprise, comprehension, or mock astonishment.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Oh! ha! aha!: an exclamation expressing a somewhat scornful surprise, a taunt, a self-congratulatory exultation, or a bantering address.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • interjection An exclamation of surprise, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • interjection Expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha.

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Examples

  • "Yes, 'oho' as much as you like, but it is all rot your living here, and

    The Halo Bettina Von Hutten 1915

  • And I love how the people that go "oho, i've seen all these movie musicals, so i get to have an opinion on them!"

    American Psycho Stage Musical in the Works with Music by Duncan Sheik | /Film 2010

  • A local guy who lived in oho told me about this place; lucky me.

    Moondance Diner: It's Gone Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • This is the point in the festivities when I'm supposed to tag eight people, but oho, I have been down that painful road before.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Doppelganger 2007

  • ‘And here’s my bonny boy,’ cried Mrs Brown, ‘at last! — oho, oho!

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • Aha race of fiercemarchands counterination oho of shorpshoopers.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • So, oho was it that wore pearls and cornrows and accompanied Brad Pitt to the 1992 Oscar ceremony?

    CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2005 2005

  • The exclamation or interjection oho is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “an exclamation expressing surprise, taunting, exultation.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • The exclamation or interjection oho is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “an exclamation expressing surprise, taunting, exultation.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • The claim was backed up by Western military officials and diplomats and at least oho have pressed thousands of kilometers (miles) through Zairian jungle, claimed Rwandan and Angolan mercenaries were aiding Mobutu's forces in fighting near Kenge.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

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