English Explanatory Dictionary

ho

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
  2. halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
  3. Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
noun
  1. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
noun
  1. A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
  2. A woman in general; a bitch.
verb
  1. To act as a ho, to prostitute.
noun
  1. Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
verb
  1. To care, be anxious, to long.
noun
  1. A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom
name
  1. A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. Initialism of Heckler-Ohlin (thereom).
  2. Initialism of Home Office.
noun
  1. Initialism of head office.
  2. Initialism of holy orders.
  3. Abbreviation of HO scale.

Pronunciation

/həʊ/ /hoʊ/ En-au-ho.ogg

Word forms

ho hos hoes heaux hoe 'ho hoeing hoed

Etymology

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!”).

Derived words

ho there soho hoeish hoism ho stroll ho tag thot video ho Ho-Kaufman-McAlister syndrome

Translations

Finnish: ohoi Russian: эй Swedish: ohoj Swedish: åhoj Ukrainian: гей Bulgarian: пичка Czech: kunda Finnish: muija Finnish: ämmä Hungarian: pina Italian: fica Norwegian: fitte Polish: dupa Portuguese: gaja Portuguese: puta Romanian: pizdă Russian: пизда́ Serbo-Croatian: пичка Serbo-Croatian: pička Slovak: kunda Swedish: brutta Vietnamese: đĩ
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