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Definition of oom-pah in English English dictionary
- A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments
- A bass line characteristic of such music, a bass that alternates lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or that alternates in a mid-high-low-high sequence
- oompah
- To produce an oom-pah sound
Beer foamed; champagne bottles stood at attention in silver buckets; military brass oompahed over the hill and the summer air grew heavy with jubilation.
- oompah
- Alternative form of oom-pah
- oompah
- {i} repeated rhythmical sound made by a tuba or brass instruments (in a band)