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Definition of 'ho'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ho, .
Interjection
( en-interj)
(nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.
- Sail ho !
:: Another boat is visible!
- Land ho !
:: Land is visible!
- Man ho !
:: A town is visible!
halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
* Shakespeare
- What noise there, ho ?
* Shakespeare
- Ho ! who's within?
* Bishop Joseph Hall
- Ho ! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.
Noun
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
* Decker
- There is no ho with them.
References
* 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988
Etymology 2
An eye dialect corruption of whore , from non-rhotic pronunciations considered typical of African American Vernacular English. Compare .
Noun
( en-noun)
(slang|pejorative) A whore; a sexually loose woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
- Bros before hos !
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