hoo

See also: Hoo, hóo, and hōō

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /huː/

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English hoo, shoo (“she”) from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.

PronounEdit

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

1. (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she
   • 1854, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, North and South, Chapter VIII:

     'Aye, aye,' said the father, impatiently, 'hoo'll come. Hoo's a bit set up now, because hoo thinks I might ha' spoken more civilly; but hoo'll think better on it, and come. I can read her proud bonny face like a book.

Derived termsEdit

• hoo-justice
• hoo'll
• hoose
• hoost
• hoor

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.

InterjectionEdit

hoo!

1. (obsolete) hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy

   Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! hoo! — Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life — Shakespeare, Hamlet.

2. (Geordie) Used to grab the attention of others.

   "Hoo yee!"

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle English howe, hu "how" from Old English hū "how". More at how.

AdverbEdit

hoo (not comparable)

1. (Northumbria, Geordie) how

ReferencesEdit

• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]

Etymology 4Edit

From Old English hōh.

NounEdit

hoo

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

AnagramsEdit

• OOH, oho, ooh

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈho̞ː/

NounEdit

hoo

1. aitch (The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of hoo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		hoo	hoot
genitive		hoon	hoiden hoitten
partitive		hoota	hoita
illative		hoohon	hoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hoo	hoot
accusative	nom.	hoo	hoot
	gen.	hoon
genitive		hoon	hoiden hoitten
partitive		hoota	hoita
inessive		hoossa	hoissa
elative		hoosta	hoista
illative		hoohon	hoihin
adessive		hoolla	hoilla
ablative		hoolta	hoilta
allative		hoolle	hoille
essive		hoona	hoina
translative		hooksi	hoiksi
instructive		—	hoin
abessive		hootta	hoitta
comitative		—	hoineen

Usage notesEdit

• Speakers often use the corresponding forms of h-kirjain ("letter H, letter h") instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.

SynonymsEdit

• h-kirjain

Derived termsEdit

• hoomoilasena

AnagramsEdit

• oho

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ScotsEdit

AdverbEdit

hoo (not comparable)

1. how
2. why