"oo oo aa aa" meaning in English

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          "text": "[He] asked to meet me in front of the monkey cage at the zoo in Jardin des Plantes. I'm standing there waiting, leaning against the fence eating licorice, when I hear behind me, \"Oo, oo! Aa, aa!\" And wouldn't you know, he's leaping up and down wearing a gorilla mask—and probably a two-thousand-euro Lanvin suit—doing monkey impressions, and he finishes by throwing himself into the bushes. I died laughing! What lunatic would be so elegant and so bananas?",
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          "text": "The minute I start eating, two lads I can only describe as retards on Prozac started making monkey calls and picking on me. ‘Oo oo aa aa, hey monkey man, want a banana?’ Said one of them.",
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          "text": "\"He said he's got a pet monkey!\" shouted Bobby. […] \"Of course it doesn't talk!\" interrupted Suzie Limpten, the class know-it-all. \"They make noises, you know, like ooh-ooh, aah-aah!\"",
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          "text": "Max and Kai had fun and returned to play regularly. Finishing a rally, Max [a monkey] hollered, \"Oo-oo, Aa-aa!\"",
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          "ref": "2022, Tom Fletcher, “Track 5: Armstrong”, in Space Band, London: Puffin Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Planet of the Apes by George Racket / Ooh-ooh, aah-aah! Ooh-ooh, aah-aah! / Ooh-ooh, aah-aah! Ooh-ooh, aah-aah! / Ch-ch-ch-chimp, chimp, chimp in outer space / Said goodbye to the human race / The first on Earth to ever escape, / To find his very own personal p-p-p-planet of the apes.",
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          "text": "\"See? There's only the two of us, and your Frankie wouldn't ever let anything happen to you. Okay? Now, eat your banana, little monkey.\" She nodded at Annabelle's hand. \"Go ahead, Anna Banana.\" Annabelle looked down. […] \"Oo-oo-aa-aa,\" she whispered.",
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          "word": "goo goo ga ga"
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