good-oh

or good-o

[ good-oh ]

/ ˈgʊd oʊ /

British Informal.

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interjection

good (used as an expression of approval, agreement, or admiration).

adverb

all right.

yes.

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Origin of good-oh

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby good-oh

goodness of fit, good news, good night, good off, good offices, good-oh, good oil, good ol' boy, good old boy, good people, good question

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How to use good-oh in a sentence

In one sense I was happier than you, for he was good—oh, so good!
Averil|Rosa Nouchette Carey
And, besides it is so good—oh, so very good for a young man—a young man of the best kind, not my cousin's kind—to be poor.
In Luck at Last|Walter Besant
And the things her father read to her sounded so good—oh, dear, but they did sound good!
Mary Jane's City Home|Clara Ingram Judson

British Dictionary definitions for good-oh

good-oh

good-o

informal

interjection

British and Australian an exclamation of pleasure, agreement, approval, etc

adjective, adverb

Australian all rightit was good-oh; I was getting on good-oh

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