What does "ho" mean?
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
Ho
/həʊ/ intj, name, noun, verb, slang
intj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- Grammar: ho is listed as intj, name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: atomic number 67, english, hoe, holmium.
- Usage evidence: Please lead me to Ho Chi Minh Open University!
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
"There is no ho with them."
- 2 A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality. derogatory, slang
"Bros before hoes!"
- 3 Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow. obsolete
"Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe."
- 4 A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom plural, plural-only
- 5 Initialism of head office. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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- 6 A sexually loose woman wordnet
- 7 A woman in general; a bitch. offensive, slang
- 8 Initialism of holy orders. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds wordnet
- 10 Abbreviation of HO scale. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To act as a ho, to prostitute. intransitive, slang, transitive, vulgar
"She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men."
- 2 To care, be anxious, to long. obsolete
"To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks."
Intj
- 1 Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
"Sail ho!"
- 2 halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
"What noise there, ho?"
- 3 Said accompanying a vigorous attack. rare
""I'll hit you again, you thief !” he cried angrily, shaking “Ho-ho-ho!” he croaked."
Proper Noun
- 1 A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Initialism of Heckler-Ohlin (thereom). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of Home Office. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
"Please lead me to Ho Chi Minh Open University!"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ho"?
Common synonyms include: atomic number 67, english, hoe, holmium, hussy, language.
How do you use "ho" in a sentence?
Please lead me to Ho Chi Minh Open University!
How do you pronounce "ho"?
Pronounced /həʊ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”).
Etymology 2
Pronunciation spelling of whore in non-rhotic accents with the dough–door merger, such as some varieties of African American Vernacular English; compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”). The noun first appears c. 1964, whereas the verb first appears c. 1972.
Etymology 3
From Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).
Etymology 4
From Middle English howen, hoȝen, hogien, from Old English hogian, hugian, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan, Dutch heugen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).
Etymology 5
From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho⁴, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.