yoo-hoo
/ˈjuːhuː
/ /juːˈhuː /exclamation
A call used to attract attention to one’s arrival or presence: Yoo-hoo!—Is anyone there?
verb [no object]
Say ‘yoo-hoo’ to attract attention: Roz comes in, waving and yoo-hooing...
- The excited girls, rain dripping from their hats, waved and yoo-hooed wildly from the back of the cab.
- So, in a nut shell, I had hardened myself to these cat-calling, whistling, yoo-hooing yo-yos.
- Treadwell yoo-hoos wildly.
Origin
Natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the 1920s.
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