pah
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of pah
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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The brain struggles with what's called "phonological processing" - being able to distinguish and manipulate sounds, like "bah" and "pah," that eventually have to be linked to written letters and words.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2011
One tap of the keyboard, and we were listening live: Oom pah pah, oom pah pah.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2010
He saws the air with an imaginary bow, sings in his rumbling borsch-accented voice: "Dom dom pah pah dom."
From Time Magazine Archive
A huge dude, his muscles rippling, speaks in a cool bass: "I got a pah" of $600 lizard shoes and I got silk shirts.
From Time Magazine Archive
This transposition of letters has a ludicrous effect on the word. paw, pronounced pah very broadly.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter
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