och
/ɒx/
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och interjection: general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
Interjection
- general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
- an expression of anger, frustration, surprise
- “Och, ooh, it’s so confusing, it hurts my wee head! I’m just a woman, you know, just a pair of ovaries and some bangs! How do I have the mental capacity to pick from one of two options? Put me down for a no, and never trust me with an important decision again!”2014 September 14, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), via HBO
Noun capitalized: OCH
OCH (uncountable)
- 6-oxocamphor hydrolase
Proper noun capitalized: Och
Och (plural Ochs)
- A surname.
Forms of och
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ach |
| alternative form | ock |
| alternative form | awk |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ochs |
Origin of och
Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.
Words formed from och
Phrases with och
Words that rhyme with och
Questions about och
- What does och mean?
- Och means general interjection of confirmation, affirmation, and often disapproval.
- What part of speech is och?
- Och can be an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce och?
- Och is pronounced /ɒx/.
Words near och in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: och (page history and authors); OCH (page history and authors); Och (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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