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oom-pah-pah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
oom--pah--pah
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variant of oom-pah played in triple time.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Onomatopoeia of the rhythm.

Usage

Inflected Forms

oompahpah (alternative) oom-pa-pa (alternative) oompapa (alternative)

Questions

What does oom-pah-pah mean?
A variant of oom-pah played in triple time.
Where does oom-pah-pah come from?
Onomatopoeia of the rhythm.

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