Oompah

Full definition of oompah

Noun

1. Alternative form of oom-pah

Verb

1. (transitive) To produce an oom-pah sound.
• 2005, Jeannette Walls, The glass castle...the house filled with the sounds of Mario Lanza, or oompahing tubas...
• 1995, Simon Schama, Landscape and memoryBeer foamed; champagne bottles stood at attention in silver buckets; military brass oompahed over the hill and the summer air grew heavy with jubilation...