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gah

[ gah ]

/ gɑ /

interjection

(used as an expression of disappointment, frustration, dismay, or the like): Gah! I need to cancel our plans this weekend—too much work.

Words nearby gah

gager, gagger, gaggery, gaggle, gagman, gah, gahanna, gahnite, gai, gaia, gaia hypothesis

Origin of gah

First recorded in 1915–20

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for gah

The dedication of State Department diplomats such as Marlin Hardinger—on his fourth year in Lashkar Gah—is breathtaking.
What the Frontier of Afghanistan Tells Us About the War|John Kael Weston|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The old Indians say that the story-teller who disobeys this law of Jo gah oh will suffer some misfortune.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
They chose Gah gah go wah, the Turkey Buzzard, to get the suits.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
From the day when the boy met the little Jo gah oh mother in the wood, and was given the stone, he had good luck.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers

She put out her hand to take them from the Little People,—and not a fish, nor a Jo gah oh was to be seen.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
She was so happy with them she wished she might always live in a Jo gah oh lodge.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers

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