yoohoo

See also: yoo-hoo and yoo hoo

English

Alternative forms

• yoo-hoo
• yoo hoo

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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!

Synonyms

• oi, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey

Translations

interjection used to get attention

• Finnish: hohoi, hei (fi)
• Ido: hola (io)
• Japanese: ヤッホー (ja) (yahhō)
• Maori: nene

Verb

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

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

Translations

to call to attract attention

• Finnish: huhuilla (fi)
• Maori: whakahoho

See also

• hey
• ahoy
• yahoo