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Hoo
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Hoo
Hoo
English
Proper noun
Hoo
- 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 […]
- 1778, Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, page 563:
- 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.
- 1888, East Anglian, Or, Notes and Queries, edited by C. H. Evelyn White, page 31:
hoo
hoo
English
Pronoun
hoo (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case, accusative and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)
- (South Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire) she
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.
Interjection
hoo!
- (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 Middle English howe, hu "how" from Old English hū "how". More at how.
Adverb
hoo (not comparable)
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
- (obsolete outside placenames) A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈho̞ː/
Noun
hoo
Declension
Inflection of hoo (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hoo | hoot | |
genitive | hoon | hoiden hoitten |
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partitive | hoota | hoita | |
illative | hoohon | hoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hoo | hoot | |
accusative | nom. | hoo | hoot |
gen. | hoon | ||
genitive | hoon | hoiden hoitten |
|
partitive | hoota | hoita | |
inessive | hoossa | hoissa | |
elative | hoosta | hoista | |
illative | hoohon | hoihin | |
adessive | hoolla | hoilla | |
ablative | hoolta | hoilta | |
allative | hoolle | hoille | |
essive | hoona | hoina | |
translative | hooksi | hoiksi | |
instructive | — | hoin | |
abessive | hootta | hoitta | |
comitative | — | hoineen |
Usage notes
- Speakers often use the corresponding forms of h-kirjain ("letter H, letter h") instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- hoomoilasena