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oomph

[ oomf ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. energy; vitality; enthusiasm.
  2. sex appeal.


oomph

/ ʊmf /

noun

  1. enthusiasm, vigour, or energy
  2. sex appeal


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oomph1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oomph1

C20: perhaps imitative of the bellow of a mating bull

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Example Sentences

Any good Baby Boom boy my age can testify that the oomph went out of American family car design in 1963.

All the oomph in the U.S. economy was delivered by the top 10% of households.

The idea is to give your games, movies, and TV shows a bit of mobile oomph.

I doubt a Volt would even have enough oomph to warm the car up here!

Abnegation is a way of adding oomph to any ritual; putting your stomach where your mouth is.

Then a look of intelligence came into mammy's fat face, "Oomph," she said.

About the only remarks that could be elicited from the "little yaller man" were a reluctant "oomph" or "oomph-uh."

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