English

Proper noun

Hoo

1. The village of Hoo St Werburgh in Kent in the United Kingdom.
   • 1778, Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, page 563:

     Hoo, St. Warburgh. […] Richard I confirmed to that Abbey a market in Hoo, of the gift of Maud de Canvill(s).

   • 1840 June, Church of Hoo St. Werburga, Kent, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 13, page 579:

     The earliest date connected with the persons mentioned, that can be gathered from the confirmatory charters, is from a confirmation of Henry Wifward's gift of the Combe portion of tithes in Hoo, granted by Bishop Gundulph in the year 1091.

   • 1868, A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex, page 90:

     The Church of Hoo (5 m. N.E. from Strood) is dedicated to St. Werburgh of Mercia, who, although she drove by her prayers the “wild geese” from her fields at Wecdon, in Northamptonshire, has certainly not expelled them from Hoo. Wild fowl of all kinds abound […]

2. A village and civil parish in Suffolk.
   • 1888, East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries, edited by C. H. Evelyn White, page 31:

     Bachcroft, Thomas; son of Thomas Bachcroft, of Bexwell, Norfolk. Educated under Mr. Spight. Age 18. Admitted pensioner, March 10, 1518.

     Man, John; of Hoo, Suffolk; son of Richard Man, mediocris fortunae. Admitted sizar. Tutor, Mr. Reve.

English

Pronoun

hoo ‎(third-person singular, feminine, nominative case, accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)

1. (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she

Derived terms

• hoo-justice
• hoo'll
• hoose
• hoost
• hoor

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.

Interjection

hoo!

1. (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.

2. (Geordie) Used to grab the attention of others.

   "Hoo yee!"

Etymology 3

From Middle English howe, hu "how" from Old English hū "how". More at how.

Adverb

hoo ‎(not comparable)

1. (Northumbria, Geordie) how

References

• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Etymology 4

From Old English hōh.

Noun

hoo

1. (obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.

Anagrams

• oho
• ooh

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈho̞ː/

Noun

hoo

1. aitch (The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.)

Declension

Usage notes

• Speakers often use the corresponding forms of h-kirjain ("letter H, letter h") instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.

Synonyms

• h-kirjain

Derived terms

• hoomoilasena

Anagrams

• oho

Scots

Adverb

hoo ‎(not comparable)

1. how
2. why