Ho

Word HO
Character 2
Hyphenation ho
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Ho"

What do we mean by ho?

Used to express surprise or joy, to attract attention to something sighted, or to urge onward. interjection

A prostitute. noun

A command to keep silence, or to cease from anything. noun

Cessation; end; pause; intermission. noun

To cry out; call out; hail.

To stop; cease.

The chemical symbol of holmium.

A Middle English form of who.

See he.

A cry or call uttered to arrest attention; also, an exclamation of satisfaction or exultation.

In particular, a cry used to stop one who is passing, or to command a stop in some action; now, especially (also written whoa), a cry used to stop a horse or other draft-animal; used imperatively, stop! hold!

A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. noun

The chemical symbol for Holmium. proper noun

Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. interjection

Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. interjection

Who. pronoun

Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts. interjection

Halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach interjection

A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality. noun

A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds noun

A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

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The word "ho" in example sentences

: 26 AM ho ho ho~~~ tiz a season to be jolly ho's coming back today!! ❋ Pangsuan (2006)

No sooner was he in the midst of it, but Robin Good-fellow left him with nothing but a pack-saddle betwixt his legs, and in the shape of a fish swam to the shore, and ran away laughing, _ho, ho, hoh! ❋ Compiled By Frank Sidgwick (N/A)

Robin Good-fellow would many times walk in the night with a broom on his shoulder, and cry "chimney sweep," but when any one did call him, then would he run away laughing _ho, ho, hoh! ❋ Compiled By Frank Sidgwick (N/A)

Why do not their windows rattle with a “Yo, ho, ho”? ❋ Unknown (1921)

The soundings of the seven trumpets are significant of progressive steps in the general judgment; the days pertaining to the voice of the seventh angel are those immediately preceding the actual sounding of his trumpet, which announces the {95} completion (as indicated by the number seven) of the mystery of God's creation in time, and marks the end of the age (_ho aiôn ho mellôn_) following upon the conclusion of the present age. ❋ James Challis (1842)

One or two of them sing, keeping time with their hands, which they strike on their knees: sometimes they stop, exclaiming, _Ho, ho, ho_, when they begin dancing again, puffing like a man out of breath. ❋ Samuel De Champlain (1601)

Arriving in front of the great Sagamore, he threw his dog violently to the ground, when all with one voice exclaimed, _Ho, ho, ho_, after which he went back to his place. ❋ Samuel De Champlain (1601)

And, beginning with the Book of Revelation, at the title ho hon kai ho en kai ho erchomenos, "who is, and was, and is to come," he goes upward through the sacred volume, quoting the passages which bear upon the question, till he comes to the important passage in Exodus in. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

There are news going around that this season Santas might be banned to use their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" and thus have to use "ha, ha, ha" instead because the term "ho" is too close to the American slang for prostitute. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Acusilanus, Simonides the Younger, who bore the title ho Genealogos, as did also Pherecydes) "(p. 136). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The president soon will face a fundamental strategic choice: whether to bend to the power of larger Republican House and Senate contingents in ho pes of accomplishing a few goals, or to resist them and risk the onset of full political gridlock. ❋ Gerald F. Seib (2010)

Friday, August 22, 2008 the fat hairy ho is a subscriber ❋ Another Outspoken Female (2008)

Happy Birthday!! tum jiyo hazaron saal, saal ke din ho pachas hazar!!!! ❋ Cardamom (2007)

So the debate: should Jay-Z and/or, for that matter, Kanye West, whose girlfriend Game calls a ho respond? ❋ Unknown (2009)

So calling Whoopi Goldberg a ho is like implying she is an eater of meat and some sort of Earth-rapist. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Crinolines aside, can I just say how I hate the word ho? ❋ Unknown (2008)

That was the trend all postseason - five of the seven series ended in ho-hum sweeps. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He said, “ [W] ho is Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor? ❋ Unknown (2005)

A Web search for the word ho at one mainstream online store turns up more than 600 rap song titles, the word nappy, slang for coarse, unkempt hair, turns up more than 130 song titles, most from before World War II. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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