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{{also|yoo-hoo|yoo hoo}} |
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==English== |
==English== |
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===Alternative forms=== |
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* {{alter|en|yoo-hoo}} |
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* {{alter|en|yoo hoo}} |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{audio|en|en-us-yoohoo.ogg| |
* {{audio|en|en-us-yoohoo.ogg|a=GA}} |
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* {{audio|en|en-uk-Yoo hoo.ogg|a=RP}} |
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===Interjection=== |
===Interjection=== |
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# Used to get [[attention]]. |
# Used to get [[attention]]. |
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#: {{ux|en|'''Yoohoo!''' I think you dropped this.}} |
#: {{ux|en|'''Yoohoo!''' I think you dropped this.}} |
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#* {{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'''!}} |
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====Synonyms==== |
====Synonyms==== |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|hohoi}}, {{t+|fi|hei}} |
* Finnish: {{t|fi|hohoi}}, {{t+|fi|hei}} |
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* Ido: {{t+|io|hola}} |
* Ido: {{t+|io|hola}} |
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ヤッホー|tr=yahhō}} |
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{{trans-mid}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|nene}} |
* Maori: {{t|mi|nene}} |
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{{trans-top|to call to attract attention}} |
{{trans-top|to call to attract attention}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|huhuilla}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|huhuilla}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahoho}} |
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakahoho}} |
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Latest revision as of 04:53, 19 July 2024
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General American): (file) Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
Interjection
[edit]yoohoo
- 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!
Synonyms
[edit]- oi, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
Translations
[edit]interjection used to get attention
Verb
[edit]yoohoo (third-person singular simple present yoohoos, present participle yoohooing, simple past and past participle yoohooed)
- (intransitive) To give a cry of "yoohoo".