aah

Interjection

1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
   • Aah! That's amazing!
   • 'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62
2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
   • Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?1834, Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation
3. Indication of sympathy.
   • Aah, I feel so bad for you...
4. Indication of mouth being opened wide.
   • Dentists would always instruct, say aah!
5. To express understanding.
   • Aah. Now I understand.
6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
   • AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!
   • Aah! A rat!

Noun

aah (plural aahs)

1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
3. The exclamation aah.

Verb

aah (third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
   • Everyone who came by oohed and aahed over her new appearance.
   • In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 66
2. (informal, intransitive) To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.

Proper noun capitalized: AAH

AAH

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of aquatic ape hypothesis.