Definitions for holy cow
ho·ly cow

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1. holy cowinterjection

   An exclamation of surprise or astonishment

2. Etymology: Cow is a sacred being in Hinduism.

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1. Holy Cow

   Holy Cow is a song written by Allen Toussaint and performed by Lee Dorsey. It reached #6 on the UK Singles Chart, #10 on the U. S. R&B chart, and #23 on the U. S. pop chart in 1966. It was featured on his 1966 album Working in the Coal Mine - Holy Cow. The song was arranged Allen Toussaint and produced by Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn.

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1. Holy cow

   "Holy cow!" is an exclamation of surprise used mostly in the United States, Canada, Australia and England. It is a minced oath or euphemism for "Holy Christ!" From the Dictionary of American Slang: Expressions such as "Holy buckets!", "Holy underwear!", etc. also employ a play-on-words, "holy" implying "riddled with holes". Paul Beale, however, in revising Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day cites a different origin: "Holy cow!" became associated with several baseball broadcasters. Harry Caray, who was the broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs, began using it early in his career, in order to prevent himself from lapsing into vulgarity. He explained the details in his autobiography, which was co-written with Bob Verdi and titled Holy Cow! New York Yankees shortstop and announcer Phil Rizzuto was also well known for the phrase. When the Yankees honored "Scooter" Rizzuto decades after he retired, the ceremony included a real cow with a halo prop on its head. 1950s Milwaukee Braves broadcaster Earl Gillespie was also known for this expression.

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1. holy cow

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How to pronounce holy cow?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say holy cow in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of holy cow in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of holy cow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of holy cow in a Sentence

1. Bioethicist Art Caplan:

   It's not like,' Holy cow, you can't do it this way or you've got to do it that way,'.

2. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   Holy cow... Can y' all hear me ? , this is pretty wild. I'm pretty excited.

3. Chief Executive Officer Paul Pittman:

   You look at the taxes and you think, 'Holy cow, we can't buy that farm', we would be doing more deals in Nebraska if the property taxes weren't so high and unpredictable.

4. Dante Lauretta:

   What we saw was a huge wall of debris radiating out from the sample site, we were like,' Holy cow !' Every time we tested the sample pickup procedure in the lab, we barely made a divot.

5. Jay Grudentold:

   I could do it every time, he’s only right like 30 % of the time. Those are usually pretty obvious, I mean. Nobody talks about the times when he’s wrong, but when he’s right, ‘ Holy cow, he’s a genius. ’ Oh, come on, man. Sure, it’s a run. Nope, it’s a pass. Sorry, I was wrong.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Holy_Cow
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cow
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=holy cow