HOO

Etymology

Proper noun

Hoo

The village of Hoo St Werburgh in Kent in the United Kingdom.

A village and civil parish in Suffolk.

Anagrams

• OOH, oho, ooh

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hoo third-person singular, feminine, nominative case (accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)

(South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she

(west midlands and south-western) he or also can be used as a gender neutral third person pronoun

Etymology 2

Interjection

hoo!

(obsolete) hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy

(Geordie) Used to grab the attention of others.

Etymology 3

Adverb

hoo (not comparable)

(Northumbria, Geordie) how

Etymology 4

Noun

hoo

(obsolete, outside, placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.

Anagrams

• OOH, oho, ooh

Source: Wiktionary


Hoo, interj.

1. See Ho. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Hurrah! -- an exclamation of triumphant joy. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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