boh

B3O1H4

interjection

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

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Meanings

boh1

interjection

alternative bo · alternative boo

  1. An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

    In our childhood, our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, […] whereby we start and are afraid when we hear one cry, Boh!

    1830, Walter Scott, “Letter VI”, in Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 179

BOH2

nounBOH (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of back of house.

Origin

Imitative. See boo.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

boh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boh

MLA

“boh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boh.

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