AH

Definition: AH

AH

Interjection

1. An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "AH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Bible

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

AH

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Lamentation

Interjection: heigh-ho! alas! alack! O dear! ah me! woe is me! lackadaisy! well a day! lack a day! alack a day! wellaway! alas the day! O tempora O mores! what a pity! miserabile dictu! O lud lud! too true!

Crosswords: AH

Afrikaan (woe), Albanian (beech), Dutch (ah, aha, oh, ow), French (ah, aha, ha, oh, ow), French Canadian (ah), German (ah, aha, o, oh), Hawaiian (beech), Indonesian (ah, alas, exclamation of indecision, yech), Italian (ah!, ha), Latin (ah, oh), Maya (to wake up), Portuguese (ah, oh, ow), Portuguese Brazilian (oh), Romanian (ah, dear me, goodness me, hah, heigh-ho, my goodness, oh, oh heavens, oho, phew, pshaw, sigh, tut, very well, well), Serbo-Croatian (ah), Slovene (ah), Somali (are, being), Spanish (ah, aha, ahoy, ha, oh), Tagalog (ah), Turkish (ah, oh, ouch, yah).

Ah. Ellen Roark, brilliant law student (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Ah, let's just cut to it, what are you selling (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Ah, then it's a gift (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt)

Ah, x amount (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.)

Ah yes. You had hair then (Lilo & Stitch; writing credit: Chris Sanders)

To you, ah yeah and your other crew, if it is a dream, boom see boom (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

Yepee Ah Yo (Who Let The Dogs Out; performing artist: Baha Men)

Ah. (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

Ah, that's right, ah, ah, aaaaaaaah (Do You Want To Dance; performing artist: Bette Midler)

Ah ha to do the things you do (Use Me; performing artist: Bill Withers)

Sleeping on the job: Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic! (references; author: unknown)

Ah verda! (1974)

Ah! Si mon moine voulait... (1973)

Ah ima (1970)

Yokaren Ah (1968)

Ah! Afti i gynaika mou (1967)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Dong Ah Tire Industrial: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Ah . . . to Be a Kid: Three Dozen Aikido Games for Children of All Ages (reference)

• Ah Mo: Indian Legends from the Northwest (reference)

• The True Story of Ah Q (Chinese/English) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Al Tali Ah (reference)

• Yeo Sung Dong Ah (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Mingus Ah Um [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Porter-Cable 8923 19.2-Volt Charger 2.4 Ah Battery (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Ah, we're O.K Just kidding! Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

AH! It's great to get out into the solitude and wilds for a little angling!. Credit: Fisheries.

... Ah Lord, what mean you by this strange discourse! / [John Collier] Thos. Sanders sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ah! la mauvaise air. / Pigal. Lith. de Langlumé. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

View on the ship's afterdeck, while she was carrying the Navy's first combat air group to Vera Cruz, Mexico, in April 1914. Planes visible include a Curtiss "AB" type flying boat (on deck at left), and a Curtiss "AH" type floatplane (atop the after 12"/45 gun turret). Note boom rigged to the battleship's superstructure, at left, for hoisting the planes on and off the ship. Credit: NAVY.

Ah, Mr. Gale, the weather seemed dreary enough until you came!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ah, like a wood Anemone, thy face, thy curving throat shone faintly through the enfolding gloom that hung about me. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ah, ha, here's where Jack got the idea of holdin' on to that Texas nomination. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lady: Oh! excuse me sir! did I step on your toes? : Fat man (sadly): Ah! no, no, Miss, I'm afraid not!. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Ah, Independence Day - the glorious fourth! Do see that the natives get a nice fireworks display" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ah! he is off.

Ah! she will not know me.

Ah! ever reaching

Ah, poor Clarence

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Netherlands

Albert Heijn announced it's own private-label brand for organic products in February 1998 called AH Biologisch. (references)

Worker Rights

Malaysia

In May 1999, former Human Resources Minister Datuk Lim Ah Lek said that the Government was not against a minimum wage, but that it was not ready to set the amount at $316 (1,200 RM) per month (as proposed by some unions). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "AH": ah me!. Additional references.

Beginning with "AH": ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-are, ah-ha, ah-hah, ah-h-h, ah-huh, ah-ing, ah-lah, ah-lah-deen, ah-men.

Ending with "AH": ooh-ah.

Containing "AH": pain-ah-hee.

Afrikaans

ag (account, accredit, acuity, advertence, advertency, attention, believe, consider, deem, eight, esteem, look, oh, opine, ow, regard, think, think well of, view, watch, woe), aai (caress, chuck, flatter, fondle, oh, ow, stroke), aag (oh, ow, woe), a (Antilles, indicative, oh, outstanding, ow). (various references)

Albanian

uh (phew, whoops). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ох (oh, oh dear, ouch). (various references)

Chinese 

啊 (an interjection, oh, to express doubt or to question, to show realization, to stress), 安培小时 (ampere-hour), 嗄 (hoarse), 哎呀 (Damn, My God). (various references)

Dutch

oh (aha, oh, ow), och (aha, oh, ow), ah (aha, oh, ow), ach (aha, oh, ow, woe). (various references)

Esperanto

aĥ (oh, ow), ha (aha). (various references)

Faeroese

eya meg (aha), áh (aha, oh). (various references)

Farsi 

افسوس (Alack, Alas, Pity, Regret, Remorse), اه (Alas, Sigh, Ugh, Woe), اویخ . (various references)

French

ah (aha). (various references)

French Canadian

ah. (various references)

German

ah (aha, o, oh), ach (aha, alas, oh). (various references)

Haitian Creole

a (at, now, on, the). (various references)

Hungarian

á (good gracious no!, oh, ow). (various references)

Indonesian

ah (alas, exclamation of indecision, yech), wahai (alas). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

あの方 (airhead, ambiguous, cartoon character, contrary, farewell, fool, frankly, good-bye, he, inverse, kind of cookie, oaf, oh, opposite, saw-edged perch, she, that gentleman, to dandle, to fail in getting a job, uncertain, vague). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あら (oh, saw-edged perch). (various references)

Pig Latin

ahay.(various references)

Portuguese

ah (oh, ow). (various references)

Romanian

au (ouch), aoleu (alack, bless me, blow me, chut, come, crikey, cripes, dear me, oh boy, oh dear, oh my, ouch), alelei (alas), ah (dear me, goodness me, hah, heigh-ho, my goodness, oh, oh heavens, oho, phew, pshaw, sigh, tut, very well, well), uf (alas, fie, ugh), phii (gee), oi (alas), oho (dear me, oho), of (alas, oh, phew, sigh, well-a-day, wellaway), na (here, ho, oh my, take your change out of that, the deuce, well I never), i, bre (folks, halloo, heigh, I say, you don't say so). (various references)

Russian 

ах (ahh). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ah, oh (oh), jao (ouch). (various references)

Slovene

ah. (various references)

Spanish

ah (aha, ahoy, ha, oh). (various references)

Swahili

aah. (various references)

Swedish

ack (alas, ay, o, oh, ow), åh (eh, hey, o, oh, ooh, ow, pooh). (various references)

Tagalog

ah. (various references)

Tahitian

a. (various references)

Turkish

ah (oh, ouch, yah), ya (gee, gee whiz, gosh, ha, marry, o, or, well, yah), of (humph, ouch, phew, pish, pooh, pshaw, ugh, whew), öf (humph, ouch, phew, pish, pooh, pshaw, ugh, whew). (various references)

a, ah, ai, hei, hem, heu, hiesuae, vae. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "AH": aha, ahchoo, ahead, ahem, ahimsa, ahimsas, ahistoric, ahistorical, ahold, aholds, ahorse, ahoy, ahull. (additional references)

Words ending with "AH": aah, aliyah, almah, amah, ayah, ayatollah, bah, begorah, begorrah, bimah, blah, bushwah, cabbalah, casbah, chalah, challah, cheetah, chetah, chuddah, chutzpah, copperah, coprah, dah, dahabeah, dahabiah, djellabah, dourah, ephah, fellah, galah, ganjah, gerah, goombah, habdalah, haftarah, haftorah, haggadah, hah, halakah, halalah, halavah, hallah, hallelujah, halvah, hamzah, havdalah, hookah, hoorah, horah, hosannah, houdah. (additional references)

Words containing "AH": aahed, aahing, aahs, alcahest, alcahests, aliyahs, alkahest, alkahestic, alkahests, almahs, amahs, autobahn, autobahnen, autobahns, ayahs, ayahuasca, ayahuascas, ayatollahs, bahadur, bahadurs, baht, bahts, bimahs, blahs, brahma, brahmas, bremsstrahlung, bremsstrahlungs, brouhaha, brouhahas, bushwahs, cabbalahs, cahier, cahiers, cahoot, cahoots, cahow, cahows, casbahs, chalahs, challahs, cheetahs, chetahs, chihuahua, chihuahuas, chuddahs, chutzpahs, copperahs, coprahs, dahabeahs, dahabiahs. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ha.

+1 letter: aah, aha, ash, bah, dah, had, hae, hag, hah, haj, ham, hao, hap, has, hat, haw, hay, nah, pah, rah, sha, wha, yah.

+2 letters: aahs, ache, achy, agha, ahem, ahoy, amah, ankh, arch, ashy, ayah, bach, baht, bash, bath, blah, caph, cash, chad, cham, chao, chap, char, chat, chaw, chay, chia, dahl, dahs, dash, dhak, dhal, each, eath, epha, fash, gash, ghat, haaf, haar, habu, hack, hade, hadj, haed, haem, haen, haes, haet, haft, hags, haha, hahs, haik, hail, hair, haji, hajj, hake, hale, half, hall, halm, halo, halt, hame, hams, hand, hang, hank, hant, haps, hard, hare, hark, harl, harm, harp, hart, hash, hasp, hast, hate, hath, hats, haul, haut, have, hawk, haws, hays, haze, hazy, head, heal, heap, hear, heat, hila, hoar, hoax, hora, hoya, hula, hwan, hyla, kaph, khaf, khan, khat, lakh, lash, lath, mach, mash, math, oath, ohia, opah, pash, path, phat, rash, rath, rhea, sash, shad, shag, shah, sham, shaw, shay, shea, tach, tahr, thae, than, that, thaw, wash, wham, whap, what, whoa, yeah.