Ho Definition

hō
hos
interjection
Used to express surprise, pleasure, derision, etc.
Webster's New World
Used to attract attention.
Land ho! westward ho!
Webster's New World

Whoa.

Webster's New World
noun
A prostitute.
American Heritage

Whore.

Webster's New World

A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Vietnamese dong.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Hosea.
Webster's New World
Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, in economics.
Wiktionary
Head Office.
Wiktionary
HO scale, a model size used with respect to model railroads and slot cars.
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Holy Order.
Wiktionary
symbol
Holmium.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ho

Noun

Singular:
ho
Plural:
Hos.

Origin of Ho

  • African American Vernacular English alteration of whore

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ho Sentence Examples

  • And hey ho, let's ask the North Koreans to do the same.

  • With photos of hp high-output hotos of hp high-output ho obliged to delay own work that.

  • A few weeks ago I decided I was ok enough to give the tablets a big heave ho.

  • Hwang Ho = Yellow river, Missouri = Big Muddy, the Red river, &c. It has been estimated that the Mississippi annually carries 4064 million tons of sediment to the sea; the Hwang Ho 796 million tons; the Po 67 million tons.

  • Yet there was nothing inconsistent with any previously ascertained fact in the asserted presence of i o ho of a non-oxidizable gas about half as heavy again as nitrogen.

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