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==English==
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|yoo-hoo}}
* {{alter|en|yoo hoo}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-yoohoo.ogg|Audio (US)|lang=en}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-yoohoo.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-Yoo hoo.ogg|a=RP}}


===Interjection===
===Interjection===
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# Used to get [[attention]].
# Used to get [[attention]].
#: '''''Yoohoo!''' I think you dropped this.''
#: {{ux|en|'''Yoohoo!''' I think you dropped this.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=2007|title={{w|Xavier: Renegade Angel|Xavier: Renegade Angel}}|season=1|number=10|text=Xavier's Father: Son, it was you who killed me.<br/>Xavier ({{w|Vernon Chatman|Vernon Chatman}}): What kind of stupid name is "Yoohoo"? Well, when I find that demon, I shall slay him -- to death! '''Yoohoo'''! '''Yoohoo'''!}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|oi}}, {{l|en|yo}}; see also [[Thesaurus:hey]]


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|interjection used to get attention}}
{{trans-top|interjection used to get attention}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|hohoi}}, {{t+|fi|hei}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|hola}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|hola}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ヤッホー|tr=yahhō}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|nene}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|nene}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To give a cry of "yoohoo".
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To give a cry of "yoohoo".

====See also====
* {{l|en|hey}}
* {{l|en|ahoy}}
* {{l|en|yahoo}}

[[ku:yoohoo]]


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|to call to attract attention}}
{{trans-top|to call to attract attention}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|huhuilla}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahoho}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahoho}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|hey}}
* {{l|en|ahoy}}
* {{l|en|yahoo}}

Latest revision as of 04:53, 19 July 2024

See also: yoo-hoo and yoo hoo

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yoohoo

  1. Used to get attention.
    Yoohoo! I think you dropped this.
    • 2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 10:
      Xavier's Father: Son, it was you who killed me.
      Xavier (Vernon Chatman): What kind of stupid name is "Yoohoo"? Well, when I find that demon, I shall slay him -- to death! Yoohoo! Yoohoo!

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yoohoo (third-person singular simple present yoohoos, present participle yoohooing, simple past and past participle yoohooed)

  1. (intransitive) To give a cry of "yoohoo".

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