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ooooo.
interj.  an expression of a shiver of righteous indignation.

<Mummie shivered.  “Ooooo, it makes my blood run cold.”  —Michael Lee West, Crazy Ladies: A Novel.>

OOOoo.
interj.  an expression of excitement, as when the lights go out in the school auditorium in Arthur’s Thanksgiving by Marc Brown.


ooooo.
interj.  an expression of marvel.

<“Look, Master Frito,” said Spam, pointing up the road.  “Elfs, lots of ‘em.  Ooooo, I must be dreaming.  I wish the old Fatlip could see me now.”  —Harvard Lampoon Staff, Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.>

interj.  an expression of mock fright, as in A World of Thieves: A Novel by James Carlos Blake.

<“Ooooo.  Sounds so scary.  Look at me!  I’m tremblin’ all over.”  —Charles R. Swindoll, Moses: A Man of Selfless Dedication.>

interj.  an expression of shock, as from a cold temperature.

<Ooooo... it was so cold out here!  —James D. Doss, The Night Visitor: A Shaman Mystery.>

interj.  an indication that one is unimpressed.

<“Ooooo,” she said, her back still turned and sounding unimpressed.  —Elizabeth Haydon, Prophecy: Child of Earth.>


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