Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal form of
he , A and B. - noun An obsolete form of
how . - An exclamation variously used to express excitement, delight, contempt, etc., according to the mode of utterance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection obsolete See
ho . - interjection Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection obsolete
hurrah ; anexclamation oftriumphant joy - interjection Geordie Used to grab the
attention of others. - pronoun
she - adverb Northumbrian, Geordie
how
Etymologies
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Examples
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I seldom opened my door in a winter evening without hearing; _Hoo hoo hoo, hoorer hoo_, sounded sonorously, and the first three syllables accented somewhat like _how der do_; or sometimes _hoo hoo_ only.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Before he alights he makes the tour of the whole place deliberately, and when he comes before the corn, he salutes it thrice with the words, _hoo, hoo, hoo_, lengthened and pronounced respectfully.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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"Eha" describes the call as a ghostly hoot -- a _hoo hoo hoo_, far-reaching, but coming from nowhere in particular.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916
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Ai haz a fren but nawt a cheezpeep hoo is Irish. lolwannabee, gladz u lieks da cheezpeeps.
Camo-flaj… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"Owd Sammy's" amused chuckles, and exclamations of "Eh! hoo's a rare un – that hoo is – fur a wench," at last drew his wife's attention.
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Wall, hoo may be o 'th' same mate, but hoo is na o 'the same grain, I'll warrant.
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An hoo is na mich bigger nor six penn'orth o 'copper neyther.
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Whoo hoo, that is some seriously knee-slapping humour there, Kate -- cutting off a basic food supply to an imprisoned populace.
Archive 2008-01-01 CC 2008
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[Lori]: I love the term hoo-ha and use it all the time!
Graffitis Slimbolala 2005
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Mr Zuma will also recall the hoo-ha during his own struggle to win the presidency, when he would sing his favourite anthem, "Awuleth 'umshini wami" ( "Bring me my machinegun"), with fist-pumping panache.
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From Wikipedia:
Hoo is used in placenames in the east of England to indicate coastal peninsulas and promontories. It appears in:
Fort Hoo, a fort on an island in the River Medway, Kent
Hoo St Werburgh and Cliffe-at-Hoo on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent
Hoo, Suffolk
Hundred of Hoo School, a secondary school in Rochester, Kent
Hundred of Hoo Railway, a railway line on the Hoo peninsula in Kent
Luton Hoo, a country house in Bedfordshire, England
St Mary Hoo, a village and civil parish in Kent, England
Hoo Peninsula, north Kent, England
Sutton Hoo, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Suffolk
Wan-Hoo, a lunar crater on the Moon's far side
December 10, 2011