Ho
[həʊ] or [ho]
Definition
(pron.) Who.
(interj.) Alt. of Hoa
(interj.) Alt. of Hoa
Inputed by Elizabeth
Definition
interj. a call to excite attention: hold! stop!—repeated it expresses derision.
Typist: Paul
Examples
- You ho me a milk and butter bill of two 'undred pound, you must 'ave noo laid heggs for your homlets, and cream for your spanil dog. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Ho ho ho, the porter laughed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Both these great nations of antiquity, ho wever, failed to carry the sciences that arose in connection with their arts to a high degree of generalization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Bowing with the air of one accustomed to public praise, he stole to the cavern and ordered Hagar to come forth with a commanding, What ho, minion! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Oh, my dear girl, don't make a fuss now, I feel perfectly--Oh, it's so ghastly--Ho! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ho ho ho, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Dear Jo, What ho! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He laughed to split,--d'ye see the moon, Ho! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Counterfeiting a sneeze to cover their movements, Mr Wegg, with a spasmodic 'Tish-ho! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ho ho ho, he tried to keep from laughing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There were ploughs which were made heavy or light as the different soils required, and there were a variety of farm implements, such as spades, hoes, harrows and rakes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- No ploughs and no hoes have been found. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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