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- a i-eee ai-eeee.
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interj. a ritualistic cry in a Black Hawk tribal dance.
| <He looked to Sparrow Hawk like a dandy as his braves all began a dance screaming sharply, “A i-eee Ai-eeee!” —Meridel Le Sueur, Sparrow Hawk.> |
- a’u.
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n. the Hawaiian name for all marlin species of fish.
| <Striped Marlin (A’u) [is] great for poke [that is, served raw, cut in bite-size chunks and marinated the Hawaiian way]. —Sophia Schweitzer, “What’s that Fish on my Plate?” (CoffeeTimes.com)> |
- a-a-a.
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n. a hesitation in speaking.
| <“Young man, do you have your ticket?” asked the conductor. “A-a-a, I’m sorry, I ate it by mistake,” said the little boy. —The Southern California Scenic Railway Association, “A Conductor Joke.”> |
- a-a-a-a-a-a-oooooo.
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n. the sobbing moan of the lovelorn, as in the ska song “All My Tears (Come Rolling).”
| <A-a-a-a-a-a-oooooo, I love you / All my tears come rolling, all my tears come rolling over you, you, you. —Alton Ellis, “All My Tears (Come Rolling).”> |
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