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gee-ho, int.|ˈdʒiːˈhəʊ|
Also gee-o.
[f. gee int.1 + ho int.]
= gee int.1
1668–71Skinner Etymol., Ho, Gee Ho. 1697J. Serjeant Solid Philos. 378 The Horses not hearing any cry Gee, ho, to urge them forwards, took their Opportunity to rest themselves, and stood still. 1801Sporting Mag. XVIII. 110 And now, behold he cry'd ‘Gee-ho’ And now he jerk'd the rein. 1819[see gee-up].
b. attrib., in gee-ho-coach: also absol. (quasi-n.).
a1704T. Brown Wks. (1720) II. 316 Never..but ply close at Inns upon the coming in of Waggons and Gey-ho-Coaches. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) II. 314 They draw all their heavy Goods here [Bristol] on Sleds, or Sledges, which they call Gee-hoes, without Wheels.
Hence gee-(h)o v., gee-(h)oing vbl. n.
1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 93 Carmen that never leave jerking and Geoing of their horses till they hale the hearts of them out. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ix. i. II. 384 The gee-ho-ing of an expert wagoner, who has got a fiery young Arab thoroughly tied into his dastard sandcart and has to drive him by voice. 1881W. P. Lennox Plays, Players, etc. I. 203 The country lad who..had ‘gee-ho-ed’ and ‘gee-up-ed’ him [my horse]. |