Meaning

(UK) Used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK) Used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.
2. A cry used to signify encouragement when embarking on any somewhat daring endeavour.
3. A simple greeting, primarily used by the upper classes.
4. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
5. An instance of the interjection.
6. (dated) A pleasure coach.
7. To articulate the interjection.

Example Sentences

There he is! Coming out of that coppice! Tallyho tallyho tallyho!

Here goes the Lord with one of his famous "Tallyho" pullouts. Tallyho!

Tallyho, chaps! What's the time, anybody?

(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”

(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tallyho.

Alright, I'll give them the old tallyho.

They could not come to-day; there would have been hardly room for them in the tallyho.

I'll tallyho once we've got to the top.

Word Forms

• tally-ho
• tallyhos
• tallyhoes
• tallyhoing
• tallyhoed

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When Should You Use Tallyho?

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

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