A call used by huntsmen to direct the attention of the dogs or of other hunters to a hare which has been discovered or started, or to encourage…

In coursing: used as a call to announce the first sighting of the hare. Also as n.: an utterance of this. Cf. soho, int. n.11.

A call addressed to a hawk by a falconer to make it come to his fist.

A call used in hunting to incite the hounds. Also transferred.

A cry to incite a dog to the chase; = halloo, v. Also loo in! Also quasi-n.

The shout of huntsmen at the death of the game; hence allusively in to be whoo-whoop with, to be ‘all up with’. Hence whoo-whoop v. (in quot. trans…

intransitive. Used in hunting, etc., as a call of attention and incitement, esp. in collocation with an adverb directing what action is to be…

An exclamation used to urge on hounds. Cf. staboy, int.

= hillo, int. a.

hark away, hark forward, hark in, hark off: to proceed or go away, forward, in, draw off.

Chiefly Fox-hunting. A call or cry used to urge on hounds. Sometimes also used more generally as an exclamation indicating excitement or…