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About HO
HO is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Ho is a word found common use among sailors. (e.g., Land Ho! or Westward Ho!) Sailors may have picked up this word from the Danish exclamation ‘hold op!’ or in Dutch, “hou op!” which means ‘stop!’ Santa Claus is depicted in film and literature saying the phrase ‘ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!’ In this instance, ho has no intrinsic meaning but is instead used as an exclamation of joy. Ho may also refer to an ethnic group in India that possesses a language of the same name. Ho is also a common surname in Korea.
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In Vietnam, the surname takes the form H?, and in China, it’s spelled ‘Hu.’ Ho is the name of a popular tourist village in southern Denmark. Ho is also a major city in the country of Ghana. On the periodic chart of the elements, Ho is the symbol for Holmium, a rare-earth element discovered in 1878.
The protagonist in the cartoon ThunderCats uses the word in his battle cry: “Thunder-Thunder- ThunderCats, HO!!!”
In modern American slang, ho is shortened version of the word whore.
‘Ho Hos’ are popular American snacks produced by Hostess.
Common uses of the word HO
interjection
Called out to generate awareness or draw attention to something of importance.
noun - slang
A negative term that is used to describe a woman with many sexual partners.
Definitions
noun
- a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds