Hoとは

短縮形

'ho

1. Alternative form of whore, especially in African American Vernacular English.

語源 1

From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”).

間投詞

ho

1. (nautical) Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.

   Sail ho!

   Another boat is visible!

   Land ho!

   Land is visible!

   Man ho!

   A town is visible!

2. halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach
   • Shakespeare

     What noise there, ho?

   • Shakespeare

     Ho! who's within?

   • Shakespeare

     O ho, O ho! Would't had been done!

   • Bishop Joseph Hall

     Ho! all ye females that would live unshent, / Fly from the reach of Cyned's regiment.

名詞

ho

1. A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
   • Decker

     There is no ho with them.

参照

• 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN

語源 2

Pronunciation spelling of whore in a non-rhotic accent with the dough-door merger, which is found in some varieties of African American Vernacular English. Compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”).

別の表記

• hoe

名詞

ho (複数形 hos または hoes)

1. (slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive name-calling word for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.

   Bros before hos!

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman

語源 3

From 古期英語 hogu, akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug ), Old Norse hugr, Gothic �������� (hugs). Also spelled hoe.

名詞

ho (複数形 hos)

1. (obsolete) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.
   • 1567, G. Turberville tr. A. Sani di Cure Aunsweres in tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 155v:

     Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe.

   • 1798, C. Smith, Young Philosopher I. 195:

     Him that..this gentlewoman is in such a hoe about.

   • 1869-70, William Barnes, The Widow’s House, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:

     But by day to the zun they must rise To their true lives o' tweil an' ov ho.

   • 1875, W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial (at cited word):

     I doänt see as you've any call to putt yourself in no such terrible gurt hoe over it.

語源 4

From 古期英語 hogu, a later modification of hycgan. Cognate with Middle Scots huik, Old High German hucken, Old Saxon huggjan (Dutch heugen), Old Norse hyggja, Gothic ������������ (hugjan). Also spelled hoe.

動詞

ho

1. (obsolete) To care, be anxious, long.
   • 1787, F. Grose, Provinc. Gloss (at cited word):

     To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks.

   • 1847-78, J. O. Halliwell, Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words:

     Ho...to long for anything; to be careful and anxious. West.

   • 1869-70, William Barnes, The Bells of Alderburnham, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect:

     But still 'tis happiness to know That there's a God above us; An' he, by day an' night do ho Vor all ov us an' love us.

   • 1874, T. Hardy, Far from Madding Crowd II. xxiii. 289:

     To ho and hanker after thik woman.

   • 1888, B. Lowsley, Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases:

     Ho, to long for; to care greatly for.

アナグラム

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