Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express alarm, foreboding, or dismay.
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- interjection An
exclamation oferror , concern,awareness of a problem, or surprise.
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Examples
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Well, Guy munches donuts while Kyle whines about his love life, mostly about his dead gf, Jade (uh-oh, maybe a little foreshadowing?).
15 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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The first word out of our mouths after the elk goes down is uh-oh.
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I call this experience the "uh-oh" moment, a feeling athletes know well, whether male or female.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: Retiring Athletes and Aging Beauty Queens: Shared Destinies? Ph.D. Vivian Diller 2010
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Well, Guy munches donuts while Kyle whines about his love life, mostly about his dead gf, Jade (uh-oh, maybe a little foreshadowing?).
Quick Hits – Star Trek: Nero #1, Action #880, Adventure #1, and More 2009
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I call this experience the "uh-oh" moment, a feeling athletes know well, whether male or female.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.: Retiring Athletes and Aging Beauty Queens: Shared Destinies? Ph.D. Vivian Diller 2010
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(Referring to an artwork near his office, an ersatz noose studded with rhinestones, Gian Enzo Sperone, one of the gallery's founding partners, quipped, "I may be using that soon," at the inaugural opening -- uh-oh!)
Dorothy Spears: Pedigree and Promise in 50 Years At Pace Dorothy Spears 2010
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The new Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, is on his cell phone (uh-oh!).
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The new Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, is on his cell phone (uh-oh!).
Live Blog: The Inauguration of Barack Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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(Referring to an artwork near his office, an ersatz noose studded with rhinestones, Gian Enzo Sperone, one of the gallery's founding partners, quipped, "I may be using that soon," at the inaugural opening -- uh-oh!)
Dorothy Spears: Pedigree and Promise in 50 Years At Pace Dorothy Spears 2010
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Check out this exclusive first look at Project Runway All Stars in which the designers meet Lindvall for the first time, she breaks down the most lucrative prizes in Project Runway history, Scarlett sports a very Rhett Butler-esque mustache ... and, uh-oh, it's announced that there's no immunity!
Exclusive Project Runway All Stars First Look: New Host, No Immunity 2012
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