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hoo
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)
- (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she
- (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!
- (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
- (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)
- (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
- (obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.
Anagrams
- OOH, oho, ooh
Arapaho
Noun
hoo
- 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
- 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)
- how
- why
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse hóa.
Verb
hoo (preterite hoe)
- To shout.
Synonyms
- hååj
- roop
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hox
English
Etymology 1
Noun
hox (plural hoxes)
- (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.
Derived terms
- hox gene
Etymology 2
Verb
hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.
Synonyms
- hamstring, hock, hough
Hypernyms
- See Thesaurus:disable
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Armenian ??? (ho?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ho?x/
Noun
hox m (Arabic spelling ????)
- plowed field
- Synonym: beyar
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press
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