Definition of "aah"

aah

interjection
1. Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
  Quotations
  'Aaah!' they sigh, as the silvery Space Shuttle races heavenwards on top of a towering pillar of flame.
  1985, Joan Morrison, chapter 5, in Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 62
2. Indication of joyful pleasure.
  Quotations
  Yet I remember—aah! how should I forget?
  1834, Edgar Allan Poe, The Assignation
3. Indication of sympathy.
4. Indication of mouth being opened wide.
5. To express understanding.
6. The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
noun
plural aahs
1. Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
2. Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
3. The exclamation aah.
verb
third-person singular simple present aahs, present participle aahing, simple past and past participle aahed
1. (intransitive, informal) To say or exclaim aah.
  1. To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
    Quotations
    In the next few minutes, Molly tossed dress after dress aside, oohing and aahing at the varied fabrics, the elaborate detailing of each one, until she found a dress that was— / Breathtaking.
    2010, Kieran Kramer, chapter 7, in When Harry Met Molly, St. Martin’s Paperbacks, page 66
  2. To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.