gah

[ gah ]

/ gɑ /

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interjection

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

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Nearby words

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. 2019

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.
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The old Indians say that the story-teller who disobeys this law of Jo gah oh will suffer some misfortune.
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They chose Gah gah go wah, the Turkey Buzzard, to get the suits.
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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.
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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.
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She was so happy with them she wished she might always live in a Jo gah oh lodge.
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