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Definition of "ho" [ho]

  • Used to express surprise or joy, to attract attention to something sighted, or to urge onward: Land ho! Westward ho! (interjection)
  • Slang A prostitute. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ho" in a sentence
  • ": 26 AM ho ho ho~~~ tiz a season to be jolly ho's coming back today!!"
  • "Robin Good-fellow would many times walk in the night with a broom on his shoulder, and cry "chimney sweep," but when any one did call him, then would he run away laughing _ho, ho, hoh!"
  • "No sooner was he in the midst of it, but Robin Good-fellow left him with nothing but a pack-saddle betwixt his legs, and in the shape of a fish swam to the shore, and ran away laughing, _ho, ho, hoh!"