different between hoo vs hoom

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?/

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoo, shoo (“she”) from Old English h?o (“she”). More at she.

Pronoun

hoo (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case, accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)

1. (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she
2. (west midlands and south-western) he or also can be used as a gender neutral third person pronoun

Derived terms

• hoo-justice
• hoo'll
• hoose
• hoost
• hoor

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.

Interjection

hoo!

1. (obsolete) hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy

   • Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! hoo!

   • With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life

2. (Tyneside) Used to grab the attention of others.

   "Hoo yee!"

Etymology 3

From Middle English howe, hu (“how”), from Old English h? (“how”). More at how.

Adverb

hoo (not comparable)

1. (Northumbria, Tyneside) how

References

• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]

Etymology 4

From Middle English hoo, hou, ho, hogh, hoh, from Old English h?h. Doublet of hough.

Noun

hoo

1. (obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.

Anagrams

• OOH, oho, ooh

Arapaho

Noun

hoo

1. porcupine

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish hå, ultimately from Latin h? with raising of /a?/ to /o?/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ho?/, [?ho??]
• Rhymes: -o?
• Syllabification: hoo

Noun

hoo

1. aitch (The name of the Latin-script letter H.)

Usage notes

• Speakers often use the expression h-kirjain ("letter h") instead of inflecting this word, especially in the plural.

Declension

Synonyms

• h-kirjain

Derived terms

• hoomoilasena

Anagrams

• oho

Scots

Adverb

hoo (not comparable)

1. how
2. why

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse hóa.

Verb

hoo (preterite hoe)

1. To shout.

Synonyms

• hååj
• roop

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• hobm, hobn, hom, ho, hob

Verb

hoom

1. (Timau) to have

References

• “hoom” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Middle English

Noun

hoom (plural hoomes)

1. Alternative form of hom (“home”)
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Love Unfeigned" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):

     Repeyreth hoom from worldly vanitee