Ho
Ho , pronoun
In some Chaucer MSS.
Who. [Obsolete]
Ho , noun
[See Ho, interj., 2.]
A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.
There is no ho with them.
Also: Hoa
Ho , proper noun
(Chemistry) The chemical symbol for Holmium.
Ho (hō) , interjection
[Compare French & German ho.]
1.
Halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.
What noise there, ho?
Ho! who's within?
2.
Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
The duke... pulled out his sword and cried “Hoo!”
An herald on a scaffold made an hoo.
Also: Hoa