ooo.

interj.  an expression of a strong feeling; see also ooo-eee, oooo.

<Ooo, this guy is tough.  —Ross W. Greene, The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children.>

interj.  an expression of anticipation, longing, or relish as from hunger.

<She watched as they drove past the Café du Monde.  ”Ooo, I bet a beignet would be good for dessert.”  —Sherriyn Kenyon, Fantasy Lover.>

interj.  an expression of enthusiasm.

<“Ooo, I’d like that, too!”  —Lynn Grabhorn, Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting: The Astonishing Power of Feelings.>

interj.  an expression of pain, as in James Joyce’s Ulysses; see also oooo, ooooo, oooooo, ooooooo.


interj.  oh.

<Ooo, definitely something her hero would have done.  —Kinley MacGregor, A Pirate of Her Own.>

n.   the hooting of an owl, as described in “More Than Words” by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.


n.  an indecipherable syllable of a distant voice carried by the wind.

<“...ooo!”  A distant voice like a feeble wave has curled up to die on our shore.  The phrase, the word, was lost on the way and the result is an undecipherable message.  Yet it strikes me like a blow.  —Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand and Stars.>

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