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- 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."
- 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
- 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
- 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."
Etymology
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!”).
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!”).
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.
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.
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).
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).
From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).
From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).
Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho⁴, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.
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