S vs Oomph - What's the difference?
s | oomph |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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(informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.
* 1982 , , Life, the Universe and Everything , chapter 30
(informal, uncountable) Sex appeal.
* 1974 , , Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy , chapter 28
(countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun oomph is
(informal|uncountable) strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.s
Translingual
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Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}oomph
English
Noun
- Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job.
- "Yes, well they're finding it difficult, sir. They are afflicted with a certain lassitude. They're just finding it hard to get behind the job. They lack oomph ."
- 'Come to think of it, the girl looked a bit like Ann,' Jerry reflected. 'Foxy, know what I mean? Garbo eyes, lots of oomph .'
