wah
wah Lexical Profile
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• interjection
Used to represent the sound of a loud cry, wail, or infant's bawling, or uttered mockingly to deride someone who is complaining.
""Wah, wah!" he said sarcastically when his brother complained about having to wash the dishes."
• noun
A wavering, vocal-like musical effect produced on a brass instrument with a mute or on an electric guitar using a foot-operated filter pedal.
"The guitarist engaged the pedal to add a rhythmic wah to the funk solo."
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China, characterized by reddish-brown fur and a long, ringed tail.
"High in the misty bamboo forests of Nepal, the wah forages quietly among the branches."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Of imitative origin, representing the sound of a crying infant or the vocalized resonance of a muted musical instrument. The sense referring to the red panda derives from the Nepali word 'wah', imitating the animal's high-pitched call.
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