ahh

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A form of aah — Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.

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Meanings

ahh1

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of aah.
nounahh (plural ahhs)

plural ahhs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of aah.

    In any given performance, their tosses and spins and leaps elicit oohs and ahhs from children and adults.

    2009 January 4, Joe Brescia, “Twins Graduate From Columbia to Stardom at the Circus”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021
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    The most underrated component in building a custom gun is the metalsmithing. Stock work immediately attracts attention. Fancy checkering patterns, meticulously executed, are sure to elicit oohs and ahhs.

    2013, Tom Turpin, Modern Custom Guns: Walnut, Steel, and Uncommon Artistry, 2nd edition, Iola, Wis.: Gun Digest Books, →ISBN, page 47
verbahh (third-person singular simple present ahhs, present participle ahhing, simple past and past participle ahhed)

present singular third person ahhs · participle present ahhing · participle past ahhed · past ahhed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of aah.

ahh2

nounahh (plural ahhs)

plural ahhs

  1. Internetpronunciation spellingAfrican-American VernacularPronunciation spelling of ass.

    Disown your ahh

    2025 June 19, @ayanadate, Twitter
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    Bring your ahh to school nigga

    2012 October 1, @sammmie_ellis, Twitter

    I really just fell on my Ahh^([sic]) on this hover board.... I’m over it 😒

    2018 September 22, @beckiii3, Twitter

    I watched a gay nigga roast this baddie … I swear on everything she wasn't even bad to me no more after he fyed her ahh up 😂

    2023 October 5, @404_Litee, Twitter

    need to start working my ahh off once my injury heals completely for my laser treatment. huft.

    2024 May 27, @swweetrain, Twitter
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  1. InternetalternativeAfrican-American VernacularAlternative form of -ahh. Occurs after an adjective or phrase.

Origin

Respelling of ass representing a pronunciation with elision of the final consonant, which can occur in African-American Vernacular English. Later non-African American Vernacular English uses are perhaps derived from, or influenced by, -ahh (“-ass”). Equivalent to ass + -h.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

hah
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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