adv
Meaning 1
how
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie, Northumbria, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
hoo
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/huː/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uː
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homophone: who
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CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
intj
Meaning 2
Expressing joy, excitement, or victory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aah, alright, 'ave it, aww yeah, boo-ya, booyah, cowabunga, get in, hoo, hoorah, hooray, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, oh yeah, OMG, result, w00t, wacko, wahoo, whee, woo, wooh, woohay, woohoo, woop woop, whoo, whoop-de-doo, whoopee, yahoo, yay, yeah, yeehaw, yes, yippee, yippee-ki-yay, you beauty, zip-a-dee-doo-dah
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Meaning 3
Used to attract the attention of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie
Examples
- "Hoo yee!"
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hey, psst
Antonyms: none provided
intj
Meaning 4
An exclamation of pain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
The village of Hoo St Werburgh on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2558).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
An uttering of the cry 'hoo'.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: obsolete outside placenames
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pron
Meaning 9
she
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Derbyshire, Yorkshire, feminine, nominative, singular, third-person
Qualifier: South Lancashire
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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pron
Meaning 10
he, also a gender-neutral third person pronoun
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, South, West, West-Midlands, feminine, nominative, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
From Middle English howe, hu (“how”), from Old English hū (“how”). More at how.
From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.
From Old English hōh; see hoo.
From Middle English hough, hogh, ho, from Old English hōh. Doublet of hough.
From Middle English hoo, shoo (“she”) from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.