ho
IPA: hˈoʊ
noun
- A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
- (slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
- (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
- A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom
- A Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.
- A surname.
- (economics) Initialism of Heckler-Ohlin (thereom).
- (UK) Initialism of Home Office. [(Britain, UK politics) The British government department, headed by the Home Secretary, responsible for security and law enforcement in England and Wales.]
- (business) Initialism of head office. [The main administrative centre for a company or organisation.]
- (religion) Initialism of holy orders. [(Christianity) The sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or (in Catholicism and Orthodoxy) deacon, priest, or bishop.]
- Abbreviation of HO scale. [(US, Australia) A popular scale for model railroads; 1:87 scale]
verb
- To act as a ho.
- (obsolete) To care, be anxious, long.
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Examples of "ho" in Sentences
- Heave ho! Pull with all your might to move that heavy box
- The sailor let out a loud ho as he tied down the sails
- Ho, ho, ho! Santa's hearty laugh echoed through the room
- The miners sang a cheerful song as they worked, shouting “ho” in unison
- The cowboy rode into town shouting, “Hi-ho, Silver, away
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