oomph

[ oomf ]
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nounInformal.
  1. energy; vitality; enthusiasm.

  2. sex appeal.

Origin of oomph

1
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; imitative of the sound made during exertion, as in lifting a heavy object

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oomph

/ (ʊmf) /


nouninformal
  1. enthusiasm, vigour, or energy

  2. sex appeal

Origin of oomph

1
C20: perhaps imitative of the bellow of a mating bull

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