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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
oompah .
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Examples
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As Spencer puts it, "There are a lot of 'oompahs' in German music, so that's why it was invented that way."
NPR Topics: News 2009
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Now, Spoleto is not big enough for much band privacy, so a walk through the streets meant that oompahs and snare drums and woodwind reels overlapped.
Spoleto Italy: Music in the Streets - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Now, Spoleto is not big enough for much band privacy, so a walk through the streets meant that oompahs and snare drums and woodwind reels overlapped.
Spoleto Italy: Music in the Streets - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Lots of doges, intrigues, mixed-up identities, oompahs and fight scenes.
Get a grip, Gustav Jessica 2004
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Lots of doges, intrigues, mixed-up identities, oompahs and fight scenes.
Archive 2004-04-01 Jessica 2004
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His well-tailored style fits perfectly with Cohen's trademark sound - a slow, hushed, and loving dance of lullabies, waltzes, oompahs and blues
NYDN Rss Jim Farber 2012
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There's a synthesizer instead of a tuba playing "oompahs."
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