Heigh Ho

Word HEIGH HO
Character 8
Hyphenation heigh -ho
Pronunciations /ˈheɪˌhəʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Heigh Ho"

What do we mean by heigh ho?

Used to express fatigue, mild surprise, boredom, disappointment, or sometimes exultation. interjection

An exclamation expressing a degree of surprise, astonishment, or exultation, or more usually, as languidly uttered, some weariness, marking conventionally a sigh or a yawn: also sometimes as a verb.

An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. interjection

To chant "heigh-ho", a cadence-count used for synchronized walking, marching, pulling, lifting, etc. verb

Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.

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The word "heigh-ho" in example sentences

I'm filling in as one of Snow White's dwarves, Nasty; heigh-ho, heigh-ho, be-otch. ❋ Floyd Elliot (2011)

I seem to be alone in my lack of patriotism, but heigh-ho. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Florimel not a name I care for, but heigh-ho is a mad, mad girl. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

They encourage me not to lose my Oxfordshire lilt, country accents being so fashionable now, but I am not sure I could if I tried, so heigh-ho. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

It is like a fairy-tale, I said, tying the last of my laces and checking my face in the mirror—my cheeks were flushed pink, not enough powder, but heigh-ho. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Louie started singing, Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, its off for food we go. ❋ Annie Bryant (2009)

Serono's controlling shareholder, the Bertarelli family, has sat in a corner crying heigh-ho for a buyer for the best part of half a year. ❋ Unknown (2006)

* I may sit in a corner and cry heigh-ho for a husband. ❋ Cheryl (2005)

Thus goes every one to the world but I, and I am sunburnt; I may sit in a corner and cry heigh-ho for a husband! ❋ Unknown (2004)

It was more of a "heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go" attitude that made this happen. ❋ Unknown (2002)

We were riding to Geelong together, he and I, two carefree young men — heigh-ho! — and not many hours after, I had the honour of meeting a certain young lady ... ❋ Unknown (2003)

Then it was heigh-ho, heigh-ho, down the River Road we go, to the DOJ-AOB in suburban Virginia, where she received a familiar howdy from the gate guard, who examined the backseat, trunk, and undercarriage of the Geo anyway. ❋ Jonathan Nasaw (2003)

But heigh-ho! there are no caps at sea but snow-caps. ❋ Unknown (2002)

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