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单词 ho
释义

† hon.1

Forms: Also Old English hóh, plural hós.
Etymology: Old English hóh , hó < *hanho-, not found in the cognate languages, but recognized as the primitive of which heel < *hâhil < *hanhil- is a derivative: see heel n.1 and int.; also hoe n.1, heugh n., hough n.
Obsolete.
The heel.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > heel of
heeleOE
heel spureOE
hoc1000
lark-heel1865
rearfoot1935
c1000 Ælfric Genesis iii. 15 Heo tobryt þin heafod and þu syrwst ongean hyre ho.
c1000 Ags. Ps. lv. 6 Hos mine [Vesp. Ps. helspuran mine, Thorpe hælun mine].
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 18 Se þe ytt hlaf myd me ahefþ hys ho [Lind. hel] ongean me.
c1300 St. Margarete 160 He ȝenede & gan his ouere cheoke ouer hire heued do, & his nyþere cheoke byneþe at hire ho, & forsaulȝ so þis maide.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

Hon.4adj.

Brit. /həʊ/, U.S. /hoʊ/
Etymology: < a language of India, said to be a contraction of horo man.
A. n.4
a. One of the principal dialects of central India, belonging to the Kolarian group.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austroasiatic > Munda > north Munda languages
Kolarian1866
Mundari1871
Korwa1872
Kol1903
Ho1906
Korku1906
1906 G. A. Grierson Ling. Surv. India IV. 116. Hō is the dialect spoken by the Mundā tribe in Singbhum and the Tributery States to the south.
b. One who speaks this language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India > person
Jat1622
Maratha1744
Moplah1787
Mleccha1793
Gurkha1811
Swati1815
Naga1835
Manipuri1837
Malayali1856
Ho1860
Mahsud1873
Adivasi1941
1860 F. Mason Nat. Prod. Burmah (ed. 2) 131 These Moondas now call themselves Hos.
1905 P. Wagner tr. A. Nottrott Gram. Kol-lang. 4 The dialect of the Larka-Kols or Hos.
1908 H. H. Risley People of India 94 The Hos of Singhbhum.
1926 Encycl. Brit. XV. 891/2 The Hos, who are closely akin to the Mundas, also inhabit the Chota Nagpur division; in 1901 they numbered 386,000.
B. adj.
Of or relating to this language or its speakers.
ΚΠ
1840 S. R. Tickell in Jrnl. Asiat. Soc. IX. ii. 997 The Ho language has no written character.
1871 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) II. 589/2 A Ho bridegroom buys his bride.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Hon.5

Brit. /ˌeɪtʃˈəʊ/, U.S. /ˌeɪtʃˈoʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: holmium n.
Etymology: Symbolic abbreviation for holmium n.
Chemistry.
The element holmium.
ΚΠ
1879 P. T. Cleve in Chem. News 12 Sept. 126/2 I propose for this metal the name of Holmium, Ho.
1916 W. Segerblom Tables Prop. (ed. 2) 128 Ho2O3, holmium oxide. Pale yellow powder.
1965 Nucl. Physics 64 210 Of course, any lanthanide can be substituted for Ho.
2010 Independent 2 Jan. 9/2 Holmium (Ho), nuclear control rods, ultra-powerful magnets.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Hon.6

Brit. /həʊ/, U.S. /hoʊ/, West African English /(h)o/
Etymology: < a West African language, = a heap of dried peas.
Name of a tribe of the Ewe people living near the town of Ho in former Togoland, now part of Ghana.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of West Africa > [noun]
Fulbe1623
Mandingo1623
Akani1662
Gola1670
Ashanti1705
Beninese1705
Wolof1745
Igbo1757
Susu1786
Temne1791
Mossi1819
Ibibio1822
Koranko1825
Vaia1832
Sherbro1836
Yoruba1843
Akan1849
Songhai1851
Yoruban1853
Mitshi1854
Ijo1856
Igbirra1863
Soninke1869
Efik1876
Kanuri1876
Fante1879
Malinke1883
Mande1883
Kissi1884
Nupe1885
Mende1887
Ho1890
Benin1897
Limba1902
Munchi1905
Kono1909
Senufo1911
Tallensi1920
Yakö1926
Mandinka1957
Tiv1960
Togolese1962
Loma1964
1890 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough I. v. 265 The Ho tribe of German Togoland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hon.7

Brit. /həʊ/, U.S. /hoʊ/
Forms: 1900s– ho, 1900s– 'ho, 1900s– ho', 1900s– hoah, 1900s– hoe, 1900s– who', 1900s– whoe.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: whore n.
Etymology: Variant of whore n., reflecting a pronunciation frequent in African-American usage.
slang (chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage).
1. Usually derogatory. A sexually promiscuous woman. Also (and in earliest use) more generally: (a disparaging term for) a woman, esp. a young woman.From the 1980s popularized by hip-hop lyrics.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman
queanOE
whorec1175
malkinc1275
wenchelc1300
ribalda1350
strumpeta1350
wench1362
filtha1375
parnelc1390
sinner14..
callet1415
slut?c1425
tickle-tailc1430
harlot?a1475
mignote1489
kittock?a1500
mulea1513
trulla1516
trully?1515
danta1529
miswoman1528
stewed whore1532
Tib1533
unchaghe1534
flag1535
Katy1535
jillet1541
yaud1545
housewife1546
trinkletc1550
whippet1550
Canace1551
filthy1553
Jezebel1558
kittyc1560
loonc1560
laced mutton1563
nymph1563
limmer1566
tomboy1566
Marian1567
mort1567
cockatrice1568
franion1571
blowze1573
rannell1573
rig1575
Kita1577
poplet1577
light-skirts1578
pucelle1578
harlotry1584
light o' lovea1586
driggle-draggle1588
wagtail1592
tub-tail1595
flirt-gill1597
minx1598
hilding1599
short-heels1599
bona-roba1600
flirt1600
Hiren1600
light-heels1602
roba1602
baggage1603
cousin1604
fricatrice1607
rumbelow1611
amorosa1615
jaya1616
open-taila1618
succubus1622
snaphancea1625
flap1631
buttered bun1638
puffkin1639
vizard1652
fallen woman1659
tomrigg1662
cunt1663
quaedama1670
jilt1672
crack1677
grass-girl1691
sporting girl1694
sportswoman1705
mobbed hood1707
brim1736
trollop1742
trub1746
demi-rep1749
gillyflower1757
lady of easy virtue1766
mot1773
chicken1782
gammerstang1788
buer1807
scarlet woman1816
blowen1819
fie-fie1820
shickster?1834
streel1842
charver1846
trolly1854
bad girl1855
amateur1862
anonyma1862
demi-virgin1864
pickup1871
chippy1885
wish-wife1886
tart1887
tartleta1890
flossy1893
fly girl1893
demi-mondaine1894
floozy1899
slattern1899
scrub1900
demi-vierge1908
cake1909
coozie1912
muff1914
tarty1918
yes-girl1920
radge1923
bike1945
puta1948
messer1951
cooze1955
jamette1965
skeezer1986
slutbag1987
chickenhead1988
ho1988
1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle i. i. 36 You go over to a who's house..and say, ‘lookahere, bitch, when I say jump you jump’.
1986 Washington Post 22 Oct. c9/1 A man goes out, runs around, it's fine because he's a real man... But if a woman wants to, it's that slut, that ‘ho’, that prostitute.
1988 ‘Slick Rick’ Treat her like a Prostitute (transcribed from song) in Great Adventures of Slick Rick Your girl..she's ready and she's hot hot hot... Next thing you know the ho starts to ill She says, ‘I love you, Harold’ and your name is Will.
1994 Colorado Springs (Colorado) Gaz. Tel. 25 Dec. b11/2 Girls say they're tired of a lack of control..as hangers-on to male gangs... ‘They see us as 'hos, bitches.’
2009 @SeauxScoot 1 July in twitter.com (accessed 8 Aug. 2019) Shout out to dah fine ho's in Drake video.
2014 J. Mathieu Truth about Alice 2 The entire town thinks her daughter is a total ho.
2. A prostitute.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1966 F. Elli Riot xii. 138 They're always talkin' about their ‘white hoes’ like every white whore on the streets is hustlin' for a shine.
1974 Black World Aug. 55 ‘Damn!’ he thought, ‘times are so tight even the ho's are working double shifts.’
1994 Straight No Chaser Summer 17/1 It's fat like a $20 ho sittin' on yo face.
2008 K. Ivy & K. Hunter Pimpology xvii. 65 I had one ho who took my pimpin' for eight years.

Compounds

ho stroll n. an area of a city or town where prostitutes regularly solicit potential clients on the street.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution
stew-side1552
brothelry1577
red light1891
red-light district1891
ho stroll1972
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > area characterized by brothels or prostitution
Yoshiwara1870
red light1891
red-light district1891
ho stroll1972
1972 Western Canad. Jrnl. Anthropol. 3 iii. 106 The streetwalker, as her name implies, walks the street in the recognized sections of a town, ‘the ho stroll’, or stands on a particular street corner or in a doorway.
1995 M. Abu-Jamal Live from Death Row 97 Families fall apart, as fathers are herded into newly built prisons and mothers haunt ho-strolls.
2019 @Coach_Monte100 21 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 7 May 2019) If you ever go to Orlando and you [sic] room is on Orange blossom trail. Call the damn police that's the ‘ho stroll’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hov.1

Etymology: < ho int.1: compare Old Norse hóa ‘to shout ho! or hoy!’ (Vigfusson)
rare.
intransitive. To cry ‘ho’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] > specific exclamations
ho1377
heave hoa1400
howc1450
whew1765
oh-oh1833
oh1837
yo-heave-ho1857
phew1858
ahem1876
oh-my1893
hooch1896
yah1904
ooh1930
ooh-la-la1950
ooh-ooh1960
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [verb (intransitive)] > call > to attract attention > specific
ho1377
to squeak beef1699
hallo1781
oy1816
cooee1827
hoy1836
yoohoo1948
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 61 But hoen [v.rr. heon, howen howlen] on hym as an hounde and hoten hym go þennes.
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) iv N. Ho, Shepheard, ho. P. I prithee leave thy hoing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

† hov.2

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s hoo.
Etymology: < ho int.2, taken as the imperative of a verb.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To cease, stop, pause.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
blina1325
cease1330
stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 103 Till that men comen to the gates Of paradis, and there ho.
a1400–50 Alexander 2835 For-þi hoo with þi hautes & þine vnhemed wittis.
14.. in Archæol. LIV. i. 166/184 Here of herbys wul y ho.
c1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 195 Whanne þou art tauȝt þat þou schuldist hoo Of sweering.
c1525 Bk. Mayd Emlyn sig. B.iiii Naye there do I ho.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

hov.3

Brit. /həʊ/, U.S. /hoʊ/
Etymology: A recent spelling of the Old English verb hogian , Middle English hoȝe , howe : see how n.1, how v.1 Compare hoe n.3
dialect.
intransitive. To care, be anxious, long.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious [verb (intransitive)]
mournOE
careOE
howOE
carka1350
to take thoughta1470
carp1522
sussy1570
ho1787
moil1889
to stress out1983
stress1988
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. , Ho. To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Ho..to long for anything; to be careful and anxious. West.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxiii. 289 To ho and hanker after thik woman.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Ho.
1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Ho, to long for; to care greatly for.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hov.4

Brit. /həʊ/, U.S. /hoʊ/
Forms: 1900s– ho, 1900s– 'ho, 1900s– hoe.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ho n.7
Etymology: < ho n.7 Compare whore v.
slang (chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage).
intransitive. To work as a prostitute.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [verb (intransitive)] > practise prostitution
to walk the street(s)1530
to play the harlot (formerly also harlots)1535
whore1547
strumpc1550
strumpet1627
prostitute1631
to be (also to go) on (or upon) the street(s)1754
hustle1930
ho1972
tom1981
1972 C. Milner & R. Milner Black Players vi. 233 My cousin even treats his wife like a dog and she's Black, but she got out there and hoed for him.
1998 M. Royal Pimp Game iv. 56 At this point she is not yet knocked nor is she ready to ho. She is not a ho yet.
2019 @kid_peot 16 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 28 Apr. 2019) A pimp shoots and kills his old hoe because she doesn't want to hoe for him anymore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hoint.1n.2

Brit. /həʊ/, U.S. /hoʊ/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s hoo, (1500s hoe, hoha), 1500s–1600s hoh, 1500s–1800s hoa.
Etymology: A natural exclamation. Not recorded in Old English; compare Old Norse hó ‘int., also a shepherd's call’.
A. int.1
1. An exclamation expressing, according to intonation, surprise, admiration, exultation (often ironical), triumph, taunting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12129 ‘Ho!’ [Gött. O ho!] all þan cun þai cri, ‘Qua herd euer sua gret ferli’.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 187 Ho now you strike like the blindman. View more context for this quotation
a1623 Epit. John Combes in Aubrey Lives ‘Hoh!’ quoth the Devill, ‘'Tis my John o Combe’.
?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 201 Sing ho my braw John Highlandman!
1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. xxix. 108 ‘Ho! shifts she thus?’ king Henry cried.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Eng. War Song in Poems Shout for England! Ho! for England! George for England!
2.
a. An exclamation to attract attention.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific call or hail
heya1225
halec1300
hillaa1400
what hoc1405
hoc1430
oyeza1450
heh1475
hi?c1475
oy1488
whata1556
holla1598
sola1598
hillo1603
hallow1674
woo-hoo1697
hip1735
yo-ho1748
high1760
yo-heave-ho1790
holla ho!1796
whoo-ee1811
hello1826
tit1827
hullo1857
ahoy1885
yoo-hoo1924
hi-de-hi1941
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 107 Then hyed I me to Belyngsgate; And one cryed, ‘hoo! go we hence!’
a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. A.iiijv, in Whole Wks. (1587) Ho, Eccho: Eccho, ho, where art thou, Eccho, where?
1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 327 Hoe boye, where is your maister?
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 1 Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice (1623) ii. vi. 25 Hoa, [1600 Howe] who's within?
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 85 Then said Christian aloud, Ho, ho, So-ho; stay and I will be your Companion. At that Faithful looked behind him. View more context for this quotation
1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 303 Ho! Art thou one who readest these words?
1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus ii. 44 Hoa! hoa! tallyho! tallyho! ho! ho! Come, let us hunt these ugly badgers down.
1832 T. B. Macaulay Armada 28 Ho! gunners, fire a loud salute: ho! gallants, draw your blades.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ii. 61 ‘Ho, the ship, ahoy!’—‘Hillo!’ was the reply.
1864 R. M. Ballantyne Lifeboat (ed. 2) 99 Ho! comrades, look alive, here comes the lifeboat!
b. After the name of a thing or place to which attention is called: used by boatmen, etc., to call attention to the place for which they are starting; hence, generally, with a sense of destination.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [interjection] > indicating the place for which one sets out
ho1593
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific call or hail > directing attention to a place
ho1593
1593 G. Peele Famous Chron. King Edward the First sig. Kv [stage direct.] Make a noise, Westward how. Queene. ‘Woman what noise is this I hear?’ Potters wife. ‘It is the Watermen that cals for passengers to goe Westward now.’
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 133 Then Westward hoe: Grace and good disposition attend your Ladyship.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iii. 73 On toward Callice, hoa.
1747 (title) A race for Canterbury or Lambeth, ho!
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! (1874) 9 Thou too shalt forth, and westward ho, beyond thy wildest dreams.
1881 Hindley Cries London 141 Each night round Temple-Bar she plies, With Diddle Dumplings, ho!
3. As a call to animals, with various senses.
ΚΠ
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Ho,..a word used in guiding horses to the left; come hither. Ho Bye,..stand out of the way.
1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. Ho! ho! a word used to call sheep to their food.
4. Repeated, ho! ho! or ho! ho! ho!, it expresses derision or derisive laughter.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > exclamations of derision or ridicule [interjection] > representations of derisive laughter
he, hec1000
ho! ho! ho!1552
?c1190 Reginald of Durham Libellus de Vita et Miraculis S. Godrici (1847) 354 Quibus ille, ‘Ho, Ho! Si in veritate tam pulchra fuisses, qualis exterius appares.’]
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Ho, ho, a voice of wondringe or disdaininge, hui.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. Ci Did not the deuill cry ho, ho, ho.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. iii. 9 Ho, ho, ho: Coward, why comst thou not? View more context for this quotation
1627 M. Drayton Nimphidia in Battaile Agincourt 124 Hoh, hoh, quoth Hob, God saue thy grace.
1763 I. Bickerstaff Love in Village i. vi Serve the king, master! no, no, I pay the king, That's enough for me. Ho, ho, ho!
1820 W. Scott Monastery I. v. 158 ‘Ho! ho! ho!’ and he shook his portly sides at his own jest.
1895 ‘M. E. Francis’ Daughter of Soil 70 Ho! ho! ho! Twenty-two—did you ever hear o' sich a tale?
5. With other interjections.See also gee-ho vb., heigh-ho int., n., and v., hey ho int., hollo v. ho!, oho int., oho int., soho int. and n.1, what ho int., whoa int., yo-ho int. etc.
ΚΠ
1792 C. Smith Desmond II. 43 Hohoop, hohoop, Newminster, it is time to go, my lad—come, let us be off.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 35/1 Ho, spy! is chiefly a summer game. Some of the party of boys conceal themselves, and when in their hiding-places call out these words to their companions.
1879 Marzials Song, Twickenham Ferry O-hoi-ye-ho, Ho-ye-ho, who's for the ferry?
1892 Daily News 26 May 3/2 Five more explosions followed. Each time the miner..uttered his warning, ‘Ho—Ho—Ho— Hoy’, and each time it felt as if the 1,200 acres of rock shook and trembled with each successive explosion.
6. Cockney for O, oh.
ΚΠ
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxx. 405 ‘Ho master, ho mim!’ cried Miggs..‘Ho what a cutting thing it is.’
B. n.2
A cry of ‘ho’, in any of the preceding senses.Some instances may belong to the next.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations
O?c1225
heyc1400
hoc1405
whoopc1450
oha1535
ooh1602
whowb1602
phew1613
hogmanay1692
ah1712
yo-hope1724
whew1751
whoo1763
yah1812
yo-heave-ho1813
yoicks1817
yo-he-ho1827
yo1830
boo1833
yoick1854
hot-cha-cha1932
ooh-la-la1952
ooh-ah1957
eina1971
eish2005
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > call or calling to attract attention
hailingc1275
heyc1400
hoc1405
sohoa1572
holla1593
hoy1652
halloo1707
hail1811
hillo1823
yo-hoing1840
halloa1898
yoo-hoo1924
yoohooing1954
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1675 An heraud on a Scaffold made an .oo. [4 MSS. hoo] Til al the noyse of the peple was ydo.
c1480 Crt. of Love 270 A messenger..from the king, which let commaund anon, Through-out the court to make an ho and cry.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 265 Atour the wattir [they] led him with great woo Till hyr awn hous, withoutyn ony hoo.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 50 Quhen the serjandis had, with thair noyis and hohas, warnit the Albanis to here the kingis concioun.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 16 With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hoint.2n.3

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s hoo, 1500s hoa, 1500s–1600s hoe.
Etymology: < Old French ho halt! stop!
†A. int.2
a. A call to stop or to cease what one is doing. to say or cry ho: to stay, cease, check oneself. Obsolete. (It is often impossible to separate the interj. from the imperative of ho v.2)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]
i-swikec893
swikec897
atwindc1000
linOE
studegieOE
stintc1175
letc1200
stuttea1225
leavec1225
astint1250
doc1300
finec1300
blina1325
cease1330
stable1377
resta1382
ho1390
to say or cry ho1390
resta1398
astartc1400
discontinuec1425
surcease1428
to let offc1450
resista1475
finish1490
to lay a straw?a1505
to give over1526
succease1551
to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556
end1557
to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560
stick1574
stay1576
to draw bridle1577
to draw rein1577
to set down one's rest1589
overgive1592
absist1614
subsista1639
beholdc1650
unbridle1653
to knock offa1657
acquiesce1659
to set (up) one's rest1663
sista1676
stop1689
to draw rein1725
subside1734
remit1765
to let up1787
to wind (up) one's pirna1835
to cry crack1888
to shut off1896
to pack in1906
to close down1921
to pack up1925
to sign off1929
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease [interjection]
ho1390
holla1523
holla ho!a1616
avast1681
vast1841
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 201 Of golde he shulde such plente Receive, till he saide ho.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2330 Þer-fore, hende, now hoo!
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 848 This Duc..pulled out a swerd and cryed hoo Namoore vp on peyne of lesyng of your heed.
1408 in Rymer Fœdera VIII. 540 Emisso per Nos Silentii Vocabulo consueto, scilicet, Ho, Ho, Ho (quod est) Cessate, Cessate, Cessate.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Giii The sacke without botome, which neuer can say hoo [rhyme gape for moo].
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxx. B There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied, and the fourth saieth neuer hoo.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande iii. f. 14/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I They would not crye hoa here, but sent in poste some of their couent to Rome.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 175 To satisfie this all-devouring Minotaure, till it cry Hoe, or enough.
b. A call to an animal to stop or stand still.
ΚΠ
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ho, a word used by teamsters in stopping their teams..This word is pronounced also whō, or hwō.
1894 A. J. Stuart-Wortley Grouse 111 Many a one [dog] is spoilt by being so used to the sign and the ejaculation of ‘Ho!’ that he does not believe in the necessity of standing steady unless he hears it.
1894 A. J. Stuart-Wortley Grouse 112 The keeper..sees the dog drawing on birds, and immediately up goes his hand and ‘Ho!’ he shouts.
B. n.3
Cessation, halt, pause, intermission; limit. withouten ho, without stopping, straight on; no ho, no cessation, end, or limit; out of all ho, out of all bounds of moderation. Obsolete or dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase]
night and dayeOE
day and nightOE
without(en) blina1300
morning, noon, and nightc1325
but stintc1330
by and byc1330
early and latec1330
without ceasec1330
without ceasinga1340
withouten hoc1374
without releasec1400
still opece1422
in a ranec1480
never ceasable?1518
without remorse1555
every foot (and anon)1561
round1652
year in and year out1819
twenty-four hours a day1914
the world > action or operation > continuing > continually (in action) [phrase] > without end or limit
no ho1525
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds > lack of limits
no ho1525
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately
att hofelæsc1175
with unskillc1220
above (also beyond) the moonc1300
out of score1303
beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375
out of (all) measurea1375
beyond measure1526
above (also beyond) the nock1530
out of (also without) all cry1565
out of all hoa1592
over the top1935
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1034 (1083) Þan gan he telle his wo, But þat was endeles with-outen ho [v.r. hoo].
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 406 To the herrold [he] said syne with-outyn ho.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxlii. 396 There is no hoo bytwene them as longe as speares, swordes, axes, or dagers wyll endure.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. G4v He loued the faire maid of Fresingfield once out of all hoe.
1597 R. Bruce Let. in Wodrow Life (1843) 167 If they could have keeped any hoe or measure in their crooked course.
1684 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius (new ed.) To have no ho, modum tenere nullum.
1684 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius (new ed.) Out of all ho, immodicé.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 10 Apr. (1948) I. 239 When your tongue runs there's no ho with you.
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Mr. Malone [d. 1812] says, it is yet common in Ireland: as, there is no ho with him, i.e. he knows no bounds.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) There is ‘no ho with him’, he is not to be restrained.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

hoint.3

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A sailor's cry in heaving or hauling: see heave ho int. and n.; also how int.1
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

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H.O.
H.O. n. Hostilities Only (see quots.).
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1942 E. Partridge Dict. Abbrev. 48/2 H.O., Hostilities only; applied to a man that has joined for the duration of the war. (Naval.)
1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze i. 55 H.O. (‘Hostilities Only’) ratings—men who had joined the Royal Navy for the duration of the war.
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