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Whoo vs Hoo - What's the difference?

whoo | hoo |

As interjections the difference between whoo and hoo

is that whoo is an expression of delight while hoo is hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy.

As a verb whoo

is to make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.

As a pronoun hoo is

south Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire she.

As an adverb hoo is

how.

As a noun hoo is

a strip of land; a peninsula.

whoo

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • An expression of delight.
  • The wailing cry of a ghost.
  • * 1949 , Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks
    • "You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo !" said I, choking back my rage.
  • * 1996 , R A Noonan, Wild ghost chase
    • Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo ?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.
  • The cry of an owl

    • Synonyms

    * (expression of delight) wahoo, whoopee, yay, yippee * (cry of an owl) tuwhit tuwhoo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.
  • * 1891 , (Thomas Hardy), (w, Tess of the d'Urbervilles) , Part 6:
  • *:"Upon my honour!" cried he, "there was never before such a beautiful thing in Nature or Art as you look, 'Cousin' Tess ('Cousin' had a faint ring of mockery). I have been watching you from over the wall—sitting like Im-patience on a monument, and pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing' and ' whooing , and privately swearing, and never being able to produce a note. Why, you are quite cross because you can't do it."

    • hoo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hoo, shoo "she" from (etyl) .

    Pronoun

  • she
    • Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Interjection

  • (obsolete) hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy
    • Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo ! hoo!'' — Shakespeare, ''Coriolanus .
    With, hoo ! such bugs and goblins in my life'' — Shakespeare, ''Hamlet .
  • (Geordie) Used to grab the attention of others.
    • "Hoo yee!"

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Northumbria, Geordie) how

    • References

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    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A strip of land; a peninsula.

    • Anagrams

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