English

Alternative forms

• tally-ho

Interjection

tallyho

1. (Britain) used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.

   There he is! Coming out of that coppice! Tallyho tallyho tallyho!

2. a simple greeting, exclusively used by the upper classes.

   Tallyho chaps! What's the time, anybody?

3. (radio, aviation) target sighted.

   (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”

   (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tallyho.

Usage notes

In aviation radio usage, typically abbreviated to tally. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.^[3]

Synonyms

• (target sighted): tally

Derived terms

• tally

See also

• Tally-ho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. ↑ “tallyho” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
2. ↑ Taïaut, Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales
3. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration: Pilot/Controller Glossary (P/CG), T (Traffic)

Noun

tallyho ‎(plural tallyhos)

1. the interjection.

   Alright, I'll give them the old tallyho.

2. (dated) A pleasure coach.
   • 1900, Rebecca Sophia Clarke, Jimmy, Lucy, and All

     They could not come to-day; there would have been hardly room for them in the tallyho.

Verb

tallyho ‎(third-person singular simple present tallyhos, present participle tallyhoing, simple past and past participle tallyhoed)

1. to articulate the interjection.

   I'll tallyho once we've got to the top.

Anagrams

• loathly