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ho1 /həʊ /(also hoe) noun (plural hos or hoes) informal Origin1960s: representing a dialect pronunciation of whore. Rhymesaglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou ho2 /həʊ /exclamation1An expression of surprise, admiration, triumph, or derision: Ho! I’ll show you 1.1 [in combination] Used as the second element of various exclamations: what ho! heave ho...- Blow ye winds, heigh ho, Clear away your running gear, And blow, blow, blow!
2Used to call for attention: ho there!...- Ho there, Uranus. Please tell us how you know that you are a planet.
2.1 [in combination] chiefly Nautical Used to draw attention to something seen: land ho! OriginNatural exclamation: first recorded in Middle English. Ho3symbolThe chemical element holmium. |