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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Imitative. |
{{onom|en|title=Imitative}}. |
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===Adjective=== |
===Adjective=== |
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# {{music}} Modifying the [[resonance]] of musical [[note]]s to produce the effect of a [[human]] [[voice]]. |
# {{lb|en|music}} Modifying the [[resonance]] of musical [[note]]s to produce the effect of a [[human]] [[voice]]. |
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{{trans-top|modifying the resonance of musical notes to produce the effect of a human voice}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|wah-wah}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|wah-wah}} |
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* Japanese: {{t|ja|ワウ|tr=wau}} |
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===Interjection=== |
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{{head|en|interjection}} |
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[[no:wah-wah]] |
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# {{lb|en|US|Canada|onomatopoeia}} {{n-g|The [[sad trombone]] sound, used to indicate [[failure]] or [[disappointment]].}} May be used mockingly; also written [[wah wah]] and [[womp womp]]. |
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#* {{quote-web|en|date=2018-06-20|title=Corey Lewandowski Mocks Immigrant Child With Down Syndrome Taken From Mother: 'Wah, Wah'|work=w:Inside Edition|url=https://www.insideedition.com/corey-lewandowski-mocks-immigrant-child-down-syndrome-taken-mother-wah-wah-44326|passage=When told during a [[w:Fox News|Fox News]] segment about a 10-year-old with [[w:Down syndrome|Down syndrome]] who was [[w:Trump administration family separation policy|separated from her mother at the southern border]], the [[w:Corey Lewandowski|former campaign manager]] of [[w:Presidency of Donald Trump|President Trump]] replied, "'''Wah wah.'''"}} |
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===Noun=== |
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# {{lb|en|music}} A [[wavering]] [[sound]] produced by means of a movable [[mute]] or by electronic means |
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{{trans-top|wavering sound}} |
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* Italian: {{t|it|wawa|f}} |
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===Verb=== |
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# {{lb|en|music}} to make a wah-wah sound |
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===Anagrams=== |
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* {{anagrams|en|a=aahhww|haw-haw}} |
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[[Category:English reduplicated coordinated pairs]] |
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Revision as of 18:55, 8 May 2024
English
Etymology
Adjective
wah-wah (not comparable)
Derived terms
Translations
modifying the resonance of musical notes to produce the effect of a human voice
Interjection
wah-wah
- (US, Canada, onomatopoeia) The sad trombone sound, used to indicate failure or disappointment. May be used mockingly; also written wah wah and womp womp.
- 2018 June 20, “Corey Lewandowski Mocks Immigrant Child With Down Syndrome Taken From Mother: 'Wah, Wah'”, in Inside Edition[1]:
- When told during a Fox News segment about a 10-year-old with Down syndrome who was separated from her mother at the southern border, the former campaign manager of President Trump replied, "Wah wah."
Noun
Translations
wavering sound
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Verb
wah-wah (third-person singular simple present wah-wahs, present participle wah-wahing, simple past and past participle wah-wahed)
- (music) to make a wah-wah sound