noun · common

ho

ho · hos · hoes

мотика

мотыга, тяпка

Mädchen, Magd, Dienstmädchen

A stop; a halt; a moderation of paceA stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

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UK/həʊ/US/hoʊ/

» Tom has just been given the heave-ho.

Tom wurde gerade der Laufpass gegeben.

Meaning

4 senses

A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
(US, derogatory, slang, vulgar)A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.
Bros before hoes!
Hure
шлю́хаšljúxa, пизда́pizdá
ку́рваkúrva
A sexually loose woman
(US, offensive, slang, vulgar)A woman in general; a bitch.
(US, obsolete, slang, vulgar)Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.

Examples

16 sentences

Tom has just been given the heave-ho.
deTom wurde gerade der Laufpass gegeben.
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I carried the heavy bags back from the store chanting yo-hee-ho all the way home.
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Seventeen men on the dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
ruСемнадцать человек на сундук мертвеца, Йо-хо-хо, и бутылка рому!
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Aného is a city in Togo.
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I consider Ho Chi Minh as a hero.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

whore:

Русский

By meaning 2

whore:

woman:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

whore:

Origin

From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), from Old English hō, probably from Old Norse h

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

Pronunciation spelling of whore in non-rhotic accents with the dough-door merger, such as some varieties of African American Vernacular English; compare mo (“more”), fo' (“for; four”). The noun first appears c. 1964, whereas the verb first appears c. 1972.

From Middle English howe, houwe, hoȝe, from Old English hogu and hoga, from Proto-Germanic *hugô, *hugiz, *huguz (“mind, thought, understanding”), akin to Old High German hugu, hugi (Middle High German hüge), Old Saxon hugi (Middle Dutch höghe, Dutch heug), Old Norse hugr, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐍃 (hugs).

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Forms

plural: hos / hoes

Singular	ho
Plural	hos / hoes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms

Close in meaning

a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds:holmium atomic number 67
A sexually loose woman:hoe slut trollop hussy

Word family

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular