oooo.

n.  a chilling cry of mourning; see also oooo oooo.

<“Oooo,” she wailed and the back of his neck went cold.  —Peter Straub, Ghost Story.>

n.  a melancholy moan.

<The other dwarf, his older brother, shrugged and gave a plaintive, “Oooo” sound.  —R. A. Salvatore, The Thousand Orcs.>

n.  a sound of relief.

<He was reading the Wall Street Journal so the coast was clear.  Oooo.  —Harlan Coben, Drop Shot.>

n.  a vocalist’s crooning.

<We’ve been doing this for so long, we know what “oooo’s” go where.  —Lynn Grabhorn, Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings.>

n.  an ultra-fine grade of steel wool.

<Slight surface scratches may be buffed with dry oooo steel wool.  —Cheryl Mendelson, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House.>

OoOo.

n.  mental turmoil; the pounding of a headache.

<“OoOo!! OoOo!!”  There’s something struggling in my head, trying to punch my eyeballs out from the inside.  —Tim Krabbe, The Rider.>

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