Define:Hoo

Relatit: hóo

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Inglis

hoo

,

shoo

"she" from Old English

hēo

"she". More at she.

Pronoun

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Hoo third-person singular, feminine, nominative case (accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)

  1. (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

eedit

From Middle Inglis

hoo, ho

. More at ho.

Interjection

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Hoo

  1. Template:Obsolete hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy
    Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! hoo! — Shakespeare, Coriolanus.
    With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life — Shakespeare, Hamlet.
  2. Template:Geordie Used to grab the attention of others.
    "Hoo yee!"

Etymology 3

eedit

From Middle Inglis

howe, hu

"how" from Old English

"how". More at how.

Adverb

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Hoo (nae comparable)

  1. Template:Northumbria how.

References

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  • Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
  • Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [3]

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Hoo

  1. The letter H, h.

Anagrams

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Scots

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Adverb

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Hoo (nae comparable)

  1. how
  2. why