hi-de-hoint.
/ˌhʌɪdɪˈhəʊ/, U.S. /ˌhaɪdiˈhoʊ/ An exclamation of joy used chiefly by jazz and dance bands. Also attributive and as n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
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huffa?1520
gup?1528
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yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
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upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
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walla1929
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hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
1936 Delineator Nov. 10/6 They have not come here to dance and drink away an evening in the usual night-club hi-de-ho.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 120 The hi-de-ho, vo-de-o-do and boop-boop-a-doo howlers that later sprouted up.
1949 L. Feather Inside Be-bop iii. 23 There was plenty going on in the band besides hi-de-ho.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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