gee-hoint.n.

/ˈdʒiːˈhəʊ/

Forms: Also gee-o, je-ho.

Etymology: < gee int.¹ + ho int.¹

a. = gee int.¹ Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > riding a horse (or other animal) [interjection] > urge on a horse

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1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Ho, Gee Ho.

1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 378 The Horses not hearing any cry Gee, ho, to urge them forwards, took their Opportunity to rest themselves, and stood still.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Brief Acct. Ginglicutt's Treat. Scolding Ancients 25 Like the Je-ho to loitering Horses.

1801 Sporting Mag. 18 110 And now, behold he cry'd ‘Gee-ho’ And now he jerk'd the rein.

1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 34 Cross Hounslow Heath, jee up! jee o!

b. attributive, in gee-ho-coach: also absol. quasi-n.

ΚΠ

a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 182 Never..but ply close at Inns upon the coming in of Waggons, and Geywo-Coaches.

1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) II. 256 They draw all their heavy Goods here [i.e. to Bristol] on Sleds, or Sledges, which they called Gee-Hoes, without Wheels.

Derivatives

gee-ho v. (also gee-o)

ΚΠ

1881 W. P. Lennox Plays, Players, & Playhouses I. 203 The country lad who..had ‘gee-ho-ed’ and ‘gee-up-ed’ him [sc. my horse].

gee-hoing n. (also gee-oing)

ΚΠ

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 93 Carmen that never leave jerking and Geoing of their horses till they hale the hearts of them out.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. i. 384 The geeho-ing of an expert wagoner, who has got a fiery young Arab thoroughly tied into his dastard sandcart, and has to drive him by voice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	gee-ho
释义	gee-hoint.n. /ˈdʒiːˈhəʊ/ Forms: Also gee-o, je-ho. Etymology: < gee int.¹ + ho int.¹ a. = gee int.¹ Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > riding a horse (or other animal) [interjection] > urge on a horse gee-ho1731 jee1786 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Ho, Gee Ho. 1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 378 The Horses not hearing any cry Gee, ho, to urge them forwards, took their Opportunity to rest themselves, and stood still. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Brief Acct. Ginglicutt's Treat. Scolding Ancients 25 Like the Je-ho to loitering Horses. 1801 Sporting Mag. 18 110 And now, behold he cry'd ‘Gee-ho’ And now he jerk'd the rein. 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 34 Cross Hounslow Heath, jee up! jee o! b. attributive, in gee-ho-coach: also absol. quasi-n. ΚΠ a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 182 Never..but ply close at Inns upon the coming in of Waggons, and Geywo-Coaches. 1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) II. 256 They draw all their heavy Goods here [i.e. to Bristol] on Sleds, or Sledges, which they called Gee-Hoes, without Wheels. Derivatives gee-ho v. (also gee-o) ΚΠ 1881 W. P. Lennox Plays, Players, & Playhouses I. 203 The country lad who..had ‘gee-ho-ed’ and ‘gee-up-ed’ him [sc. my horse]. gee-hoing n. (also gee-oing) ΚΠ 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 93 Carmen that never leave jerking and Geoing of their horses till they hale the hearts of them out. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. i. 384 The geeho-ing of an expert wagoner, who has got a fiery young Arab thoroughly tied into his dastard sandcart, and has to drive him by voice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < int.n.1659
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