Definitions for hohoʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hohoʊ(interj.)

  1. (used as a call to attract attention:

    Westward ho! Land ho!

  2. (used as an exclamation of surprise or delight.)

Origin of ho:

1250–1300

hohoʊ(n.)(pl.)hos.

  1. Slang.a prostitute.

    Category: Status (usage)

Origin of ho:

1970–75; reflecting r-less speaker's pron. of whore

HOhoʊ(n.)(pl.)HOs, HO's.

  1. (in police use) habitual offender.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Ho*

  1. holmium.

    Category: Chemistry

* Chem. Symbol..

H.O.

  1. Head Office; Home Office.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. holmium, Ho, atomic number 67(noun)

    a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds

Wiktionary

  1. Ho(ProperNoun)

    A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

  2. Origin: From ho, hoo, probably from hó. Compare ho, ho.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ho(u)

    who

  2. Ho(u)

    alt. of Hoa

  3. Ho(u)

    alt. of Hoa


Translations for ho

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

pit(noun)

a large hole in the ground

The campers dug a pit for their rubbish.

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