oompah

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verb

To produce an oom-pah sound.

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Meanings

nounoompah (plural oompahs)

plural oompahs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of oom-pah.
verboompah (third-person singular simple present oompahs, present participle oompahing, simple past and past participle oompahed)

present singular third person oompahs · participle present oompahing · participle past oompahed · past oompahed

  1. transitiveTo produce an oom-pah sound.

    ...the house filled with the sounds of Mario Lanza, or oompahing tubas […]

    2005, Jeannette Walls, The glass castle
    1 more example

    Beer foamed; champagne bottles stood at attention in silver buckets; military brass oompahed over the hill and the summer air grew heavy with jubilation […]

    1995, Simon Schama, Landscape and memory
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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