oompah
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of oompah
First recorded in 1875–80; imitative
Example Sentences
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Facing intense criticism was not new for Scotland head coach Steve Clarke when his dejected players left Germany to the sound of a Bavarian oompah band after a deflating Euros campaign in the summer.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2024
Revellers sit at long communal tables to swig beer, eat sausages, pretzel or pork knuckle, and listen to oompah bands.
From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2022
Encore is strong, musically, with an unexpectedly broader palette that takes in disco, funk and oompah as well as reggae.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2019
Eva Salina lent her poised, lustrous voice to complexly morose songs from the Balkans in a duo with the Serbian-style accordionist Peter Stan, who backed her with oompah chords and puckish, skittering obbligatos.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2018
On top of this accompanying oompah the rag pianists wove a catchy tune that pulled the rhythm around, a technique called syncopation.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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