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Definition of oompah in English: oompah(also oompah-pah) noun ˈuːmpɑː mass nouninformal The rhythmical sound of deep-toned brass instruments in a band. （低沉的铜管乐器发出的）嗡姆吧声 as modifier beer gardens from which oompah music thumped resoundingly Example sentencesExamples - I play the bass line so if I wasn't able to go then the Great Escape would have sounded a bit odd without the oompah in the background.
- I can't speak German, but I gave the line a bit of Teutonic oompah and it sounded kind of right.
- During the day when your head stops spinning longer enough for a memory to form in your head you may hear the oompah band playing the mooloo song.
- ‘What you must remember,’ the driver says, with added oompah, ‘is that what you're seeing in Berlin is a moment in a process.’
- In the ground-breaking ensemble pieces 1898 and Kantrimiusik, familiar scales and arpeggios are combined with oompah rhythms and the emancipation of the consonance was complete.
- Almost immediately following the vintage Universal logo (nice touch) and subsequent verbal recap of the zombie world situation, we are greeted with a macabre, hilarious off-key (to say the least) undead oompah band.
- Twelve hours of enforced exposure to a traditional, lederhosen clad oompah band ought to set them back on the straight and narrow.
- In Town Hall Square there will be a dramatic feel to things, with performances from Keighley Amateurs and HYT, plus music from a Bavarian oompah band.
- How I envy my Other Half, who can not only boast a fine whistling technique, but who can summon up a veritable oompah band whenever he's got a tune on the brain.
- The pair of movements might be thought of as urban and agrarian respectively, the scherzo being comic and a bit grotesque, apposite to city-slickers and clowns, with march rhythms and oompah basses redolent of music-hall.
- You leave Germany, enter Austria and before you can say oompah band are into Switzerland.
- We strolled down Broadway - alive with shoppers and the thumping bass oompah of norteno music - before reaching the modern face of downtown, Bunker Hill.
- They joined some local bands, including the Clay County Community Band, and also are members of a small band they call the Umpa Band, umpa being their whimsical spelling of the tuba's characteristic oompah sound.
- Elsewhere on The Grove an oompah band and tombola stall made full use of the new bandstand.
- Southampton's city centre could echo to the sounds of oompah bands and smell of sizzling bratwurst and schnitzels this Christmas.
- Even the music was quiet, and was international popular music, with no hint of an oompah in earshot.
- I find that German oompah music usually hits the spot.
- Over the course of 15 tracks, they gently shift from dark, carnival oompah to breathy, folky ballads to sweeping, expansive pop and old-timey backwoods country.
- She was accompanied by a band that played oompah music, on a tiny stage, with the smell of fried potatoes wafting in from the kitchen.
- A German oompah band will perform there tonight and tomorrow.
verboompahed, oompahing, oompahs ˈuːmpɑː [no object]informal Make an ‘oompah’ the military band oompahed from the terrace Example sentencesExamples - At first it sounds like a silly song; it oompahs along like a jittery ‘Li'l Rascals’ tune, but modern ears don't easily hear everything that's going on.
- There's this one lone bass oompahing up and down the square, clowning around like we're some sort of marching band instead of the be-all and end-all of big parades and he slips in the elephant dung.
- ‘Very good value,’ she oompahs, ‘very beautiful.’
OriginLate 19th century: imitative. Definition of oompah in US English: oompah(also oompah-pah) noun informal Used to refer to the rhythmical sound of deep-toned brass instruments in a band. （低沉的铜管乐器发出的）嗡姆吧声 as modifier beer gardens from which oompah music thumped resoundingly Example sentencesExamples - A German oompah band will perform there tonight and tomorrow.
- Elsewhere on The Grove an oompah band and tombola stall made full use of the new bandstand.
- You leave Germany, enter Austria and before you can say oompah band are into Switzerland.
- The pair of movements might be thought of as urban and agrarian respectively, the scherzo being comic and a bit grotesque, apposite to city-slickers and clowns, with march rhythms and oompah basses redolent of music-hall.
- She was accompanied by a band that played oompah music, on a tiny stage, with the smell of fried potatoes wafting in from the kitchen.
- Almost immediately following the vintage Universal logo (nice touch) and subsequent verbal recap of the zombie world situation, we are greeted with a macabre, hilarious off-key (to say the least) undead oompah band.
- I find that German oompah music usually hits the spot.
- I play the bass line so if I wasn't able to go then the Great Escape would have sounded a bit odd without the oompah in the background.
- Southampton's city centre could echo to the sounds of oompah bands and smell of sizzling bratwurst and schnitzels this Christmas.
- Over the course of 15 tracks, they gently shift from dark, carnival oompah to breathy, folky ballads to sweeping, expansive pop and old-timey backwoods country.
- In Town Hall Square there will be a dramatic feel to things, with performances from Keighley Amateurs and HYT, plus music from a Bavarian oompah band.
- During the day when your head stops spinning longer enough for a memory to form in your head you may hear the oompah band playing the mooloo song.
- Twelve hours of enforced exposure to a traditional, lederhosen clad oompah band ought to set them back on the straight and narrow.
- They joined some local bands, including the Clay County Community Band, and also are members of a small band they call the Umpa Band, umpa being their whimsical spelling of the tuba's characteristic oompah sound.
- In the ground-breaking ensemble pieces 1898 and Kantrimiusik, familiar scales and arpeggios are combined with oompah rhythms and the emancipation of the consonance was complete.
- We strolled down Broadway - alive with shoppers and the thumping bass oompah of norteno music - before reaching the modern face of downtown, Bunker Hill.
- I can't speak German, but I gave the line a bit of Teutonic oompah and it sounded kind of right.
- ‘What you must remember,’ the driver says, with added oompah, ‘is that what you're seeing in Berlin is a moment in a process.’
- Even the music was quiet, and was international popular music, with no hint of an oompah in earshot.
- How I envy my Other Half, who can not only boast a fine whistling technique, but who can summon up a veritable oompah band whenever he's got a tune on the brain.
verb [no object]informal Make an ‘oompah’ the military band oompahed from the terrace Example sentencesExamples - There's this one lone bass oompahing up and down the square, clowning around like we're some sort of marching band instead of the be-all and end-all of big parades and he slips in the elephant dung.
- At first it sounds like a silly song; it oompahs along like a jittery ‘Li'l Rascals’ tune, but modern ears don't easily hear everything that's going on.
- ‘Very good value,’ she oompahs, ‘very beautiful.’
OriginLate 19th century: imitative. |