The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HOA
Interjection
hoa
(obsolete) ho; hey; a call for attention
Anagrams
• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hĂ o
Etymology
Noun
Hoa pl (plural only)
A minority ethnic group of Vietnam, regarded as Chinese.
Anagrams
• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hĂ o
Proper noun
HOA
Initialism of Horn of Africa.
Noun
HOA (plural HOAs or HOA's)
(real estate) Initialism of homeowner association.
Anagrams
• AHO, Hao, OHA, hao, hĂ o
Source: Wiktionary
Ho, Hoa, n. Etym: [See Ho, interj., 2.]
Definition: A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace. There is no ho with them. Decker.
Ho, Hoa, interj. Etym: [Cf. F. & G. ho.]
1. Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach. "What noise there, ho" Shak. "Ho! who's within" Shak.
2. Etym: [Perhaps corrupted fr. hold; but cf. F. hau stop! and E. whoa.]
Definition: Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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