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- verb Present participle of
ahh .
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Examples
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He was in heaven, oohing and ahhing at the great comfort he was enwrapped in and lying upon.
Mike Schwager: Let's Save Our Best Friends Mike Schwager 2011
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Putting aside all the oohing and ahhing over Mr. Buffett's selflessness, his effective tax rate on his true income would hardly budge if this "Buffett Rule" were applied.
Class Warfare and the Buffett Rule Arthur B. Laffer 2012
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He was in heaven, oohing and ahhing at the great comfort he was enwrapped in and lying upon.
Mike Schwager: Let's Save Our Best Friends Mike Schwager 2011
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With the forecast looking worse and worse on Monday, and after a lot of umming and ahhing and discussion with Bruce and all the team, I decided to stall and stick up north for a few days till the worst of the weather has passed down under Tasmania.
True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010
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In the 44th minute, he took a pass in the middle of the field, 30 yards from the goal, skipped past one defender, feinted around three more and just barely missed right on a soft chip shot that had Mr. Jung beaten, the crowd oohing and ahhing all the way.
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He's umming and ahhing but should he scrawl his signature on there, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will be heading to White Hart Lane.
Football transfer rumours: Everton's Jack Rodwell to Manchester United? 2010
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Everyone was there to witness the cut, oohing and ahhing.
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Saying we were umming and ahhing is actually a bit of an understatement.
True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010
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Some of the girls in the class tried the dresses on in the girls room, walking into the classroom to much oohing and ahhing.
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Everyone was there to witness the cut, oohing and ahhing.
Lanny Davis: Love of A Grandchild, the Pain of the Bris 2010
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