ooooo.

n.  the spooky moan of the Grim Reaper; see also oooooo oooooo.

<It was staring me in the face—“Ooooo”—the Man of Death ... had come spooking after me to moan at my mother’s doormat.  —Jack Kerouac, Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three.>

n.  the toot of a tugboat whistle.

<[T]he sky was clear and bright with stars and moon and a light breeze was blowing and you could hear the tugs in the harbor chugging and the deep ooooo from their whistles floated across the bay and rolled down 2nd avenue.  —Hubert Selby, Last Exit to Brooklyn.>

ooooo oooooooooo.

n.  a loud moaning like that of a tortured spirit.

<Soon a soft moaning sound floated on the wind.  “Ooooo ... oooooooooo.”  —Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, Two of a Kind #29: Love-Set-Match.>

OOooo-ee.

interj.  a “long high-pitched, thrilling scream” of a surfer reacting to a powerful ocean swell, as in Bully: Does Anyone Deserve to Die by Jim Schultze.

ooooo-eeeee.

interj.  an exclamation of wonder; see also ooo-eee, oooo-eee, oooo-eeee.

<“Ooooo-eeeee!” yelled Pè Gerard.  —Frances Temple, Tonight, the Sea.>

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