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Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An exclamation variously used to express excitement, delight, contempt, etc., according to the mode of utterance.
- n. An obsolete form of how.
- A dialectal form of he, A and B.
Wiktionary
- interj. obsolete hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy
- interj. Geordie Used to grab the attention of others.
- adv. Northumbrian, Geordie how
- pro. she
GNU Webster's 1913
- interj. obsolete See ho.
- interj. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.
Etymologies
- From Middle English howe, hu "how" from Old English hū "how". More at how. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“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
“Eha" describes the call as a ghostly hoot -- a _hoo hoo hoo_, far-reaching, but coming from nowhere in particular.”
“Ai haz a fren but nawt a cheezpeep hoo is Irish. lolwannabee, gladz u lieks da cheezpeeps.”
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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.”
“Wall, hoo may be o 'th' same mate, but hoo is na o 'the same grain, I'll warrant.”
“An hoo is na mich bigger nor six penn'orth o 'copper neyther.”
“Whoo hoo, that is some seriously knee-slapping humour there, Kate -- cutting off a basic food supply to an imprisoned populace.”
“[Lori]: I love the term hoo-ha and use it all the time!”
“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.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hoo’.
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Hunting cries
tantara, yoicks, tantivy, tallyho, chivvy, hoics, tally-ho, chivy, chevy, soho, hue, halloo and 15 more...
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___ Rae
A friend of mine is changing her surname to Rae. She has a pleasant but unremarkable first name, and no middle name. So let's give her a memorable middle name. Come on Wordies, I know you can do it.
gamma, x, cosmic, sting, billy, more, death, hoo, tanker, norma, rae, sugar and 39 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
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http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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Animal Sounds
woof, ruff, bow wow, yap, arf, yip, mew, meow, moo, oink, growl, roar and 27 more...
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EditorMark 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 Dec 10, 2011