Meaning

(nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts..

Definitions by Sense

1. (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
2. halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
3. (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
4. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
5. (derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
6. (offensive) A woman in general; a bitch.
7. (transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To act as a ho, to prostitute.
8. (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.

Example Sentences

Sail ho!

Land ho!

Man ho!

heave-ho

What noise there, ho?

Ho! who's within?

O ho, O ho! Would't had been done!

Ho! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.

Word Forms

• hos
• hoes
• heaux
• hoe
• 'ho
• hoeing
• hoed

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When Should You Use Ho?

Use ho when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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