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▪ I. oo1
a frequent ME. spelling of long ō, both open and close, as in boon, stoon:—OE. bán, stán. Hence in ME. a frequent spelling of O int.; and in Wyclif a name of the Greek long ō or Omega.
In the 16th c. oo was restricted to the ‘close ō’, normally representing OE. ó, as in doom:—dóm. In mod.Eng. this sound has been raised to |uː|, of which sound therefore oo is the normal representative, as in too, cuckoo, cockatoo, cooey. In Scotch, OE. ó, ME. close ō has passed into |ø, ʏ, or y|, which sounds are also often etymologically written oo, as in toom, otherwise tume, tuim, empty.
1382Wyclif Rev. i. 8, I am alpha and oo, the bigynnyng and the endyng.
▪ II. oo2, 'oo|uː|
a representation of a child-like pronunciation of you.
1713Swift Jrnl. to Stella (1948) II. 644, I allow oo Six. 1900M. Corelli Boy i. 8 Oh, Poo Sing! Does 'oo feels ill? Does 'oo feels bad? 1965Listener 1 July 12/2 There is now an enormous gap between a tiny avant-garde and the vast mass of viewers and listeners, between people who are happy with a painting entitled ‘Won't Oo Kiss Doggie?’ and the few who can accept ‘sculpture’ made out of old motorbikes and dustbin lids.
▪ III. oo3, 'oo|uː|
a representation of a colloq. (orig. Cockney) or vulgar pronunciation of who. So 'oom, whom.
c1870A. Lloyd in W. Matthews Cockney Past & Present (1938) 91 Then left me for a feller 'oom she thought was much more grand. 1883Kaukneigh Awlminek 7 People 'oo down't profit by experience is medder then moust loonatics. Ibid. 15 There's more then fifty thousan' pussons in Lendin oo can't write. I 'ear thet sem uv 'em is editors. 1901G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion ii. 244 Oo a you orderin abaht, ih? 1903Kipling Five Nations 199 What is the sense of 'atin' those 'Oom you are paid to kill? 1950C. S. Forester Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 232, I was wonderin' 'oo'd come to my rescue. 1970M. Moorcock Chinese Agent x. 71 Oo's gonna pay for all me lovely china! 1973J. Leasor Host of Extras viii. 147 ‘'Oo're you?’ he asked belligerently.
▪ IV. oo4|əʊəʊ|
Also o-o.
[Hawaiian.]
Also oo bird. A black and yellow bird, Moho braccatus, belonging to the family Meliphagidæ or honeyeaters and now believed to be extinct.
1890S. Wilson in Ibis II. 179 Large numbers of the O-o must have been taken in old days. 1902H. W. Henshaw Birds Hawaiian Islands 70 The brilliant shining black body feathers of the o-o were..in great demand for making cloaks. 1937D. & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders x. 181 The little Oo and Mamo birds..from which they plucked..the coloured feathers to make the cloaks. 1944G. C. Munro Birds Hawaii 84 If it still exists no effort should be spared to save what would be the last of the famous Hawaiian oos. 1960Guardian 3 Nov. 10/3 Robes made from the tufted feathers of the o-o bird. 1970S. Carlquist Hawaii xi. 214 Oos were black, with tufts of yellow feathers extracted to make the yellow feather cloaks. This may well have helped to extinguish the oo. 1977Nat. Geographic Nov. 588/1 (caption) Biologist John Sincock..of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sloshes through Alakai Swamp in hope of spying the yellow-thighed oo..one of the world's rarest birds.
▪ V. oo, v.
see ooh v.
▪ VI. oo
var. o adj., o adv., o prep.1 oo lesse than = on less than, unless, q.v. |