单词 | yo-heave-ho |
释义 | yo-heave-hov. Now rare. intransitive. Chiefly in nautical contexts: to cry or exclaim ‘yo-heave-ho’, esp. while hauling a rope or carrying out some other strenuous, rhythmically repetitive task. Later also (humorous): to behave like a sailor; to go to sea. Cf. yo-heave-ho int. 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 1857 Blackwood’s Edinb. Mag. Apr. 397 He..called upon his mariners To yo, heave, yo! 1892 R. Johnson End of Rainbow viii. 104 Then all took hold of one of the locomotives and yo-heave-hoed at it, but they could not tip it. 1911 J. C. Hutcheson Ghost Ship (2010) 101 The skipper..proceeded to haul us up alongside without further delay, tugging away at the tar rope I had hitched on, yo-heave-hoing and hurrahing! 1915 Cosmopolitan May 713 He had his Steamer-Shawl and the Phrase-Book and the Letters of Introduction all packed, and was ready to yo-heave-ho, when the Blow-Off came. Derivatives yo-heave-ˈhoing n. ΚΠ 1859 Welcome Guest 12 Feb. 93/2 A great many bells ring: there is much shouting, much ‘Yo-heave-hoing,’ in German, and the three travellers are at Mayence. 1872 J. R. Lowell Milton in Wks. (1890) IV. 102 He offers a striking contrast with Wordsworth, who has to go through with a great deal of yo-heave-ohing before he gets under way. 1933 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 6 Aug. 9/2 Best to keep out of the way of the three old tars who will do most of the yo-heave-hoing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yo-heave-hoint.n.α. 1700s– yo-heave-ho, 1800s– yo heave ho, 1900s– yeo heave ho, 1900s– yeo, heave ho, 1900s– yeo-heave-ho, 1900s– yo-heave ho, 1900s– yoheave ho. β. 1800s yeo-heave-yeo, 1800s yo-heave yo, 1800s yoheave-yo, 1800s– yo heave yo, 1800s– yo, heave yo, 1800s– yo, heave, yo, 1800s– yo-heave-yo. γ. 1800s yeo-heave-o', 1800s yo, heave oh, 1800s yo, heave, o, 1800s yo, heave, oh, 1800s yo heave-o, 1800s yo, heave-o, 1800s– yo heave o, 1800s– yo heave oh, 1800s– yo! heave oh, 1800s– yo-heave-o, 1800s– yo-heave-oh, 1900s– yo! heave, oh, 1900s– yo heave-oh, 1900s– yo, heave-oh. Also with capital initial in any element. A. int. An exclamation typically occurring in chants or songs formerly used by sailors when hauling ropes or performing other strenuous, rhythmically repetitive tasks, to help regulate the timing of the action; (hence) as an exclamation considered typical of seafarers. Cf. yo-ho int., heave ho int. and n. 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 1790 C. Dibdin Coll. Songs II. 7 To the windlass let us go, With yo heave ho! 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 134 Yo heave ho! Heave and pawl! Heave hearty ho! 1864 Lancaster Gaz. 3 Dec. ‘Jack Junk’, a sailor, with the song of ‘Yo heave Ho’. 1906 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 19 26 If the work is a trifle less arduous, he may, instead, cry, ‘Yo—heave—ho’. 1998 Classical Q. 48 49 All they knew was to call for their grub and shout ‘Yo heave ho!’. B. n. A cry or exclamation of ‘yo-heave-ho’, or a variant of this. ΘΠ 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 1813 J. K. Paulding Lay of Sc. Fiddle Introd. 18 And now and then the yo, heave O Borne on the breeze, all sad and slow. 1825 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 29 Jan. The responsive ‘Yo-heave yo’s’ of those who were weighing their anchors. 1883 S. Ferguson Forging of Anchor v Our Anchor soon must change the lay of merry craftsmen here, For the Yeo-heave-o', and the Heave-away, and the sighing seaman's cheer. 1910 Times 15 Jan. 11/2 The real sea-chanty will drive out the ‘Yo-heave-ho’ of the theatre sailor. 1999 Times 2 July 52/5 It continued to sprinkle lightly at annoying intervals..enough to get those cover boys stampeding onto court, and hauling sea-green plastic with a yo-heave-ho. 2001 B. Wiltshire in S. K. Toombs Handbk. Phenomenology & Med. 224 The sailors' yo-heave-o is more sounds than words. Compounds yo-heave-ho theory n. = yo-he-ho theory n. at yo-he-ho n. Compounds. Π 1887 Oxf. Rev. 18 May 216/1 The Yo-heave-ho theory is purely conjectural. 1902 H. H. Bawden Syllabus Psychol. xvi. 81 The synergastic, sympathetic or yo-heave-ho theory, that language originated as the expression of common work. 2014 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 17 July The ‘Bow-wow’, ‘Ding-dong’ and ‘Yo-heave-ho’ theories of language evolution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1857int.n.1790 |
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