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ooooo.
adv.  truly; indeed.

<Ooooo, I was the happiest soul going down that highway.  —Steve Cheseborough, Blues Traveling: The Holy Sites of Delta Blues.>

interj.  a cooing over something cute, like a nest of darling calico kittens in Hard Ball by Will Weaver; see also ooooooo.


interj.  a coy, romantic murmur.

<She looked right back, but with romance in her beady black eyes, and murmured coyly, “Oooooo!”  —George Selden, Harry Cat’s Pet Puppy.>

interj.  a cry of pain; see also ooo, oooo, oooooo, ooooooo.

<Ooooo, I am bursting apart at the seams.  —John Ross, Murdered by Capitalism: A Memoir of 150 Years of Life and Death on the American Left.>

interj.  a lusty expression of approval, as of a person’s looks.

<Sweeping her spaghetti-length lashes up and down Rick’s body, Vivien cooed, “Ooooo, nice.”  —LaVyrle Spencer, A Heart Speaks.>

interj.  a moan of sensual pleasure.

<I rewarded Mary with a massage.  “Ooooo.  That feels wonderful.  Some more there.  Yes.”  —Eric Brende, Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology.>

interj.  a sarcastic expression.

<Ooooo, brave words from the land of the walking dead.  —Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact.>


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