HOの定義と意味 | Dictionary.com

HO Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Jump to: ho ho interjection (used as a call to attract attention, sometimes specially used after a word denoting a destination). Ho Ho holmium. HO HO noun (in police use) habitual offender. ho. ho. abbreviation house. H.O. H.O. abbreviation Head Office; Home Office. ho 1 American [hoh] / hoʊ / interjection (used as a call to attract attention, sometimes specially used after a word denoting a destination). Westward ho! Land ho! (used as an exclamation of surprise or delight.) ho 2 American [hoh] / hoʊ / interjection (used as a command to a horse to stop.) ho 3 American [hoh] / hoʊ / Or hoe noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. plural hos, hoes, ho's a sexually promiscuous woman. a prostitute; whore. a woman. Ho 4 American Symbol, Chemistry. holmium. HO 5 American [hoh] / hoʊ / noun (in police use) habitual offender. ho. 6 American abbreviation house. H.O. 7 American abbreviation Head Office; Home Office. HO 1 British abbreviation head office government Home Office "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ho 2 British / həʊ / interjection Also: ho-ho . an imitation or representation of the sound of a deep laugh an exclamation used to attract attention, announce a destination, etc what ho! land ho! westward ho! "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Ho 3 British symbol holmium "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ho 4 British / həʊ / noun slang:Black a derogatory term for a woman "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ho. 5 British abbreviation house "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Usage What does ho mean? Not to be confused with hoe (the gardening tool), a ho is an offensive term for a sex worker or a promiscuous woman. Some people use the term to insult women in general while some women have reclaimed the term. What are other forms of ho ? hoe Etymology Origin of ho 1 First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; a natural exclamation Origin of ho 2 First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English ho, who, from Old French ho, and Old Norse hō; see also whoa Origin of ho 3 First recorded in 1965–70; dialectal or African American Vernacular English pronunciation of whore Example Sentences Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com. It is this that has led Sir Keir and the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to give Sir Olly Robbins the heave ho. From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026 And because of COVID-19 and changes in the industry, my husband, the one gung ho about moving back, ended up being the one to struggle. From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025 We can hear his booming “ho, ho, ho” now. From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025 We learned this week that the committee had voted secretly—oh ho ho!—for the report “to be made public after the House’s final day of votes this year,” as CNN reported. From Slate • Dec. 21, 2024 He could say "me, me, me" and "ho, ho, ho." From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.