Ho
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /həʊ/ · Part of speech interjection
Quick meaning: Ho is an interjection meaning (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
Meaning
(nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
More Meanings
- halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
- A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To act as a ho, to prostitute.
- (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.
- (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
- (offensive) A woman in general; a bitch.
- (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
Example Sentences
Ho! who's within?
What noise there, ho?
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.
Synonyms for ho
Depending on context, synonyms include holmium.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include holmium, kam, tally, gung, choon, westward.
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