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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of ahh.

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Examples

  • Livestock was 'ahhed' over before being picked on the basis of which looked to have the most sausages in it, fences were erected, furrows ploughed and veg planted, while I tried to resist the memories of my own attempt at being all horticultural coming back to haunt me.

    WalesOnline - Home 2011

  • "ahhed" over the towering spaces filled with light, the glass elevator and the observation deck.

    MailTribune.com Latest Headlines 2009

  • They oohed and ahhed over the jasperware fireplace surround and anthemion moldings in the drawing room, the crystal chandelier in the large dining room, and the fine Chippendale dressing table in the master bedchamber.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • They oohed and ahhed over the jasperware fireplace surround and anthemion moldings in the drawing room, the crystal chandelier in the large dining room, and the fine Chippendale dressing table in the master bedchamber.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • Hundreds of revellers set up an elaborate street party on Wilton Way, and oohed and ahhed around television sets with barely less visible enthusiasm than the crowds surrounding Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace.

    Street Parties Celebrate, Disparage Nuptials Dana Cimilluca 2011

  • A woman cast sparkling dust into the fire, while the others oohed and ahhed.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • Later the same crowd oohed and ahhed when they heard of the soldiers' battlefield exploits.

    A Decade of Trial Anthony R. Dolan 2011

  • A woman cast sparkling dust into the fire, while the others oohed and ahhed.

    Rogue Oracle 2011

  • Similarly, Romney's continued support for Wall Street bailouts – which he ummed and ahhed around – could get used against him.

    GOP presidential economics debate in New Hampshire - as it happened 2011

  • These are the same folks who oohed and ahhed over the multi-billion dollar Beijing Olympics venues while ignoring the air that was unbreathable.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism 2010

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