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/ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/ · interjection
An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope..
Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.
Over the water came the clank and rattle of chains and the "Heave-ho!" of the sailors getting ready for departure.
The slow, rhythmic movement of the gang to the steady “Heave ho” began again.
When I was a kid—well, more of a kid than I am now—I used to believe he really was a bishop—unfrocked, of course, or ungaitered, or whatever they call it when they give a bishop the heave-ho.
"My sister, may she rest in peace, might have had a much better life if she had given her husband, Ernie, the heave-ho before she married him," Florence said.
Why would you think I'm still seeing Colin Murphy? I gave him the heave-ho, remember?
They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;
Use heave-ho when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heave-ho means An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope..
Common synonyms include yeave-ho.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.
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