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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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intj
Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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intj
halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
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intj
Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
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Usage: rare
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name
A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
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name
A surname.
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name
Initialism of Heckler-Ohlin (thereom).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: economics, sciences
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name
Initialism of Home Office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
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noun
A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory, slang, vulgar
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noun
A woman in general; a bitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, offensive, slang, vulgar
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noun
Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, obsolete, slang, vulgar
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noun
A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom
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Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Initialism of head office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: business
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noun
Initialism of holy orders.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
Abbreviation of HO scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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verb
To act as a ho, to prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, ambitransitive, slang, vulgar
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verb
To care, be anxious, to long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, obsolete, slang, vulgar
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noun
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: holmium, atomic number 67
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Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), from Old English hō, probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”).
From Ho 𑣙𑣉𑣉 (hoː, “Human being”).
Borrowed from Chinese 何 (Mandarin: Hé, Cantonese: ho4, Hakka: Hò, Min Nan: Hô), or from Vietnamese Hồ.
Pronunciation spelling of whore in non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger, such as some varieties of African American Vernacular English; compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”). The noun first appears c. 1964, whereas the verb first appears c. 1972.
From Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).
From Middle English howen, hoȝen, hogien, from Old English hogian, hugian, from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan, Dutch heugen, Old Norse hyggja, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hugjan).
Across languages
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