oo oo aa aa
UK/ˈʔuːʔuː ˈʔɑːʔɑː//ˈʔuʔu ˈʔɑʔɑ/
oo oo aa aa interjection: used to represent the sound of a monkey's cry.
Interjection
oo oo aa aa
- Used to represent the sound of a monkey's cry.
- Holonyms: monkeyese, monkeyspeak
- [He] asked to meet me in front of the monkey cage at the zoo in Jardin des Plantes. I'm standing there waiting, leaning against the fence eating licorice, when I hear behind me, "Oo, oo! Aa, aa!" And wouldn't you know, he's leaping up and down wearing a gorilla mask—and probably a two-thousand-euro...2007, Kirsten Lobe, chapter 7, in French Trysts: Secrets of a Courtesan, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 91
Synonyms of oo oo aa aa
Forms of oo oo aa aa
| alternative form | ooh ooh aah aah |
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Origin of oo oo aa aa
Imitative of a monkey’s cry.
Questions about oo oo aa aa
- What does oo oo aa aa mean?
- Oo oo aa aa means used to represent the sound of a monkey's cry.
- What part of speech is oo oo aa aa?
- Oo oo aa aa is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce oo oo aa aa?
- Oo oo aa aa is pronounced /ˈʔuːʔuː ˈʔɑːʔɑː/ (UK).
Words near oo oo aa aa in the dictionary
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