Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to express alarm, foreboding, or dismay.
Wiktionary
- interj. An exclamation of error, concern, awareness of a problem, or surprise.
Examples
“The new Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, is on his cell phone (uh-oh!).”
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“(Referring to an artwork near his office, an ersatz noose studded with rhinestones, Gian Enzo Sperone, one of the gallery's founding partners, quipped, "I may be using that soon," at the inaugural opening -- uh-oh!)”
The Huffington Post: Dorothy Spears: Pedigree and Promise in 50 Years At Pace
“I call this experience the "uh-oh" moment, a feeling athletes know well, whether male or female.”
“Check out this exclusive first look at Project Runway All Stars in which the designers meet Lindvall for the first time, she breaks down the most lucrative prizes in Project Runway history, Scarlett sports a very Rhett Butler-esque mustache ... and, uh-oh, it's announced that there's no immunity!”
Exclusive Project Runway All Stars First Look: New Host, No Immunity
“Well, Guy munches donuts while Kyle whines about his love life, mostly about his dead gf, Jade (uh-oh, maybe a little foreshadowing?).”
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“The first word out of our mouths after the elk goes down is uh-oh.”
“Obama isn't a socialist. these people don't even know what the word means, they're just throwing it around as a scare tactic. secular? uh-oh! translates into more God in government.”
“She endearingly shared her initial "uh-oh, I'm so old" feelings at being asked to play the mother of 39-year-old actor Mark Wahlberg.”
The Huffington Post: Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: Aging Gracefully In Hollywood
“When Peter vanished mid-pep talk, I did an "uh-oh" followed by a probably universal WTFrak when the Observers announced that Peter never existed.”
“And now, I'm thinking, uh-oh, maybe my Spanglish has always been infused with the few French words I know.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘uh-oh’.
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EN - baby talk
whoopsie, kitty, baba, beddy-bye, binkie, blankie, boo-boo, botty, bow-wow, brekkie, brekfee, bubby and 84 more...
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Interjections spelled with only H's a...
ha!, aha!, ho ho ho!, hee hee!, oho!, uh-oh, heh, heh-heh, oh, ah, huh, eh and 12 more...
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Grunts, Sounds, Calls
Aah, achoo, ack, ah, aha, ahem, ah-ha, aw, baa, bah, blah, boo and 64 more...
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dontcry's sounds-like list
sounds like
wow, ugh, arrgh, grrrrrrr, uh-oh, eek, whoa, ah-ha, uh-huh, ungasie, whew, tut-tut and 21 more...
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Words my 16-month-old son knows
Words Art can say, on his own. He understands much more.
dog, bye bye, hi, mama, dada, that, bubble, box, clock, shoe, sock, car and 12 more...
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Amity's words
My daughter's expressive vocabulary as of Dec 2012 (born May '11), including quasi-lexical interjections. No attempt is made to reflect (mis)pronunciation by phonetic spelling, even though it would...
ball, eye, car, apple, cheese, milk, bottle, water, light, no, dad, mom and 43 more...
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