oooooo.

interj.  a coo of appreciation, as over receiving a glass of orange juice in bed in New York Dead by Stuart Woods.


interj.  a coyote-like cry of wide-eyed wonder, as at a majestic landscape; see also ooooo.

<Like Valley of Fire, [Red Rock Canyon is] a surreal and lovely landscape of outer-space-like rock formations, perfect for hiking or even just driving through while emitting cries of “oooooo!!!”  —Mary Herczog, Las Vegas for Dummies, Second Edition.>

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

<Look at my head, it’s all bloody and cut and—oooooo, it hurts!  —Victor Villasenor, Thirteen Senses: A Memoir.>

interj.  a cry of whimsy, of being swept up in a fantasy.

<He grinned when she began to waltz around the room.  “Oooooo, and I feel like a princess,” she sang.  —Mary Kay Remick, Searching for Blanche: A Novel.>

interj.  a long moan meant to sound spooky.

<“You’re not scaring me,” said the girl.  “Oooooo,” moaned Rose.  “Oooooo,” echoed Lila.  —Joan Holub, Tatiana Comes to America: An Ellis Island Story.>

interj.  a moan of pity, sympathy.

<She... heaves a big, delicious sigh of emotional support and, trying to raise my morale says, “Oooooo, Huck, you poor boy!”  —Timothy Leary, Surfing the Conscious Nets: A Graphic Novel.>

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