2. Verb. (transitive) To produce an oom-pah sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oompah
1. to play a repeated rhythmic bass accompaniment [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oompah
| oologies oologist oologists oology oolong oolong tea oolongs oom oom-pah oomiac | oomiack oomiacks oomiacs oomiak oomiaks oompah (current term) oompahed oompahing oompahs oompf | oomphs ooms oomycete oomycosis oon oones oons |
Literary usage of Oompah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sing the South: Poems by Judd Mortimer Lewis (1905)
"It's the "oompah, oompah, oompah," of the music That a band's a-playin' somewhere
down the street, That's a-doin' rag-time stunts along my heartstrings, ..."
2. Bill Nye's History of the United States by Bill Nye (1894)
"... while his voice was drowned in the notes of the New York oompah oompah Band
as it struck up "Johnny, git yer Gun." Florida was ceded to the United ..."
3. Australia by Peter Hinze (2001)
"Tanunda O celebrates its annual oompah Festival, a rather bucolic mixture of the
Munich Oktoberfest and a competition for the best oompah bands in the ..."
4. Mexico's Pacific Coast by Vivien Lougheed (2004)
"Being typical Bavarians, they couldn't live without their "oompah-pah," so the
music was quickly adopted and incorporated into Mexican music. ..."
5. Munichby Dan Colwell by Dan Colwell (2001)
"Cosmopolitan, yet deeply attached to its traditions, a high-tech dynamo that
still loves its oompah bands, the centre of German haute couture where you may ..."
6. Adventure Guide to the Alps by Krista Dana (2004)
"run-of-the-mill oompah affairs: this little village brings in the crowds with
big-name pop artists, performers that in the past few years have included Jon ..."
7. The Bachelor of Arts edited by John Seymour Wood (1898)
"She cannot sing a note, yet she has a song, " The oompah," which she bravely
tackles and fails in. * * * MR. JOHN HARE, in "A Pair of Spectacles," was ..."
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