Hoo
[hu:]
Definition
(interj.) See Ho.
(interj.) Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy.
Edited by ELLA
Examples
- Hoo cannot live long a' this'n. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Hoo's called Bessy Higgins. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- D' ye think I forget who's lying _there_, and how hoo loved yo'? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Hoo's just sinking away--not for want o' meat hersel'--but because hoo cannot stand th' sight o' the little ones clemming. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It's not often hoo's stirred up to notice much. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Hoo-roar Pott! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hoo doesn't like this strike. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Measter, said I, if I dunnot see her afore hoo goes, I'll strive to get up to Lunnun next Whissuntide, that I will. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- What wi' hard work first, and sickness at last, hoo's led the life of a dog. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Bessy'll think a deal o' them flowers; that hoo will; and I shall think a deal o' yor kindness. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Hoo were mistook, and I were misled. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And I were sore-hearted, too, which is worse than sore-footed; and if I did see a friend who ossed to treat me, I never knew hoo lay a-dying here. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And my wench here thought a deal about it, and flushed up many a time, when hoo little knew as I was looking at her, at the sound of a strange step. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Does hoo know how he died? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Hoo's a deal too much set on peace and quietness at any price. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Editor: Sallust