Adjective : oompah band. From Dictionary.com.
What makes the zither truly German is the "oompah" produced by all of those strings. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
I'd even like to have a kind of oompah-music thingy on one of Ionic Vision's releases ... (laughs) Hey: It's all about that simple thing called "music"!. From Wordnik.com. [Side-Line news feed] Reference
All the oompah bands and polkas going on around here. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Very interesting and sort of musical in an oompah way. From Wordnik.com. [I Call Your Name « Fairegarden] Reference
I love the mushroom shot…a good description…oompah!. From Wordnik.com. [I Call Your Name « Fairegarden] Reference
Or, as Wife put it, he's turning dances into an oompah band. From Wordnik.com. [Frosty morning] Reference
All the songs I have written for the mice to play go oompah oompah. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Coraline by Neil Gaiman] Reference
And she can sing, even if the arrangement here has a bit of an oompah feel to it. From Wordnik.com. [Carla Bruni: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out] Reference
Their oompah sound may be just what we need to gain some Central European votes next time. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
As at Oktoberfest, bock beer was served by the liter, accompanied by dirndls, lederhosen and oompah music. From Wordnik.com. [Winding down] Reference
The tune went from oompah to swing with odd transformations as the dirigible glided into the restraining web. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf's Children]
But in a suburb of Berlin they would be as unexceptional and uninspiring as leather shorts and an oompah band. From Wordnik.com. [Condos of the Living Dead] Reference
I love the way they call it "Postal Service Band", as if a bunch of letter carriers get together and oompah in uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Music, Music Everywhere - Anil Dash] Reference
Their trademark oompah-oompah rhythms are augmented by sounds representing the breadth of the gypsies 'Diaspora within Europe. From Wordnik.com. [East to West: Essential Gypsy Music Recordings] Reference
Finally, though, Armstrong emboldened by the distant sounds of his beloved oompah music perhaps summoned the courage to show himself. From Wordnik.com. [From the BSNYC Culture Desk: BSNYC Attends a Movie Premiere] Reference
In spite of this I can still picture the heavy dance of a motorcade, the oompah of a tuba, the slow-foot sashay of those elephants down Main Street. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
The Tour de Gruene is a time trial in Gruene, Texas, which also according to its website features "oompah bands, lederhosen, and abundant Bavarian food and drink.". From Wordnik.com. [From the BSNYC Culture Desk: BSNYC Attends a Movie Premiere] Reference
"HELLOOOO!!!!!!!!" shrieked the orange oompah loompah. From Wordnik.com. [2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the holiday. Cape Town Lifestyle.] Reference
The house oompah band, Kleintje Pils, was at full blare. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
And the band -- a traditional Bavarian oompah quartet -- decided it. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Head to Prague for Czech Beer Festival] Reference
Live music by a German "oompah band," German foods, pastries, beer and wine. From Wordnik.com. [The Roanoke Times: Home page] Reference
If you really want to make "real" money out of it .... make "oompah music". From Wordnik.com. [Side-Line news feed] Reference
My old boss from New York plays in an oompah band; we're going to have them down. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Weekly] Reference
'Snapper', a lo-fi shanty that marries dissonant chords with an oompah sensibility. From Wordnik.com. [NME Features] Reference
There are oompah tuba blasts and more sorrowful-sounding vocals, but not a song I want to hear again. From Wordnik.com. [RGJ.com - Latest News] Reference
Timothy Robinson was showed far more character in the tenor solo, accompanied by a fruity oompah march. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
I am a bad amateur cellist, whose talents don't go much beyond oompah continuo parts in simple Baroque music. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
Reminds me of the time I had to file a story in Boston while an oompah band was playing right outside my window. From Wordnik.com. [Marketplace] Reference
Walking up to Bavarian Brathaus, you're greeted by the music of a German oompah band piped into the parking lot. From Wordnik.com. [News & Observer: Home Page] Reference
Penn Brewery restaurant on the North Side snuffed any faint hopes German oompah band piped into the parking lot. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to GERMANY - BMW output up for X1 roll-out] Reference
Their live show that is quite simply unforgettable and sure to bring out the agro-primal oompah-pah spirit in you. From Wordnik.com. [PlugInMusic.com] Reference
And yes, the waitstaff are dressed in traditional German garb while the oompah band members rove about in lederhosen. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
A brass band in traditional Austrian costume played oompah music in a baroque cobbled square in the town of St Poelten. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
I have to run out and get a growler. the more i am convinced he is an oompah-loompah who had skin color changing surgery. From Wordnik.com. [Royals Review] Reference
Riva Starr is a blog superstar, he is the inimitable Neapolitan producer and dj who likes a bit of brass 'parp' and 'oompah' in his music. From Wordnik.com. [Musicrooms.net] Reference
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