Hoo

Quick meaning: Hoo is a pronoun meaning (South Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire) she.

Meaning

(South Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire) she.

More Meanings

1. (West Midlands and South West England) he, also a gender-neutral third person pronoun
2. (Geordie) Used to attract the attention of others.
3. An exclamation of pain.
4. An uttering of the cry 'hoo'.
5. (Northumbria, Geordie) how
6. (obsolete) Expressing joy, excitement, or victory.
7. (obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.

Example Sentences

With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life

Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! 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.

'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.

Word Forms

• hoos

Synonyms for hoo

Depending on context, synonyms include aah, alright, boo-ya, booyah, cowabunga, get in.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oo, ha, yes, doo, bally, boo.

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