hoo

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   she

   • 'Aye, aye,' said the father, impatiently, 'hoo'll come. Hoo's a bit set up now, because hoo thinks I might ha' spoken more civilly; but hoo'll think better on it, and come. I can read her proud bonny face like a book.
2. 2

   he, also a gender-neutral third person pronoun

3. 3

   Expressing joy, excitement, or victory.

   • Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! hoo!
   • With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life
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   1. 4

      Used to attract the attention of others.

      • "Hoo yee!"
   2. 5

      An exclamation of pain.

   3. 6

      An uttering of the cry 'hoo'.

      • Improvising a stretcher from a cupboard door, they levered Mrs Dibble on to it and got her upstairs to "Hoos!" and "Ows!" of anguish, and laid her on the bed, where Rita administered another stiff dose of gin.
   4. 7

      how

   5. 8

      A strip of land

      A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.

   6. 9

      The village of Hoo St Werburgh on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, England.

      • Hoo, St. Warburgh. […] Richard I confirmed to that Abbey a market in Hoo, of the gift of Maud de Canvill(s).
      • The earliest date connected with the persons mentioned, that can be gathered from the confirmatory charters, is from a confirmation of Henry Wifward's gift of the Combe portion of tithes in Hoo, granted by Bishop Gundulph in the year 1091.
   7. 10

      A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref…

      A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2558).

      • Bachcroft, Thomas; son of Thomas Bachcroft, of Bexwell, Norfolk. Educated under Mr. Spight. Age 18. Admitted pensioner, March 10, 1518. Man, John; of Hoo, Suffolk; son of Richard Man, mediocris fortunae. Admitted sizar. Tutor, Mr. Reve.

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