Definition/Meaning of ho

• English - Interjection: ho Used to attract attention to something sighted , usually by lookout s. Man ho ! — A town is visible! Sail ho ! — Another boat is visible! halloo ; hey ; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard,…
• English - Noun: ho A stop ; a halt ; a moderation of pace . 1604 (date written), Tho[mas] Dekker, [Thomas Middleton], The Honest Whore. […] (4th quarto), London: […] Nicholas Okes for Robert Basse, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, signature I3, verso: O I, a plague on ’em, there’s no ho with ’em, they’re madder then^([sic – meaning than]) March hares. ho (plural hos or hoes or (humorous,…
• English - Verb: ho (third-person singular simple present hoes, present participle hoeing, simple past and past participle hoed) (US, ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To act as a ho, to prostitute . 2003 November 18, Greywolf Johnson, “Do you know any of these? ”, in alt.strange.days (Usenet): She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men. ho (US,…
• English - Anagrams: oh , OH
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English ho , hoo (interjection), from Old English hō , probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho! (“hold!, halt!”). Etymology 2. Pronunciation spelling of whore in non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger, such as some varieties of African American Vernacular English ; compare mo (“more”), fo'…