pron
hoo
hoo
pron
1
A dialect or archaic form of "she" or "he," used in some regional English speech as a gender-neutral third-person pronoun.
"In the old dialect, "hoo said" simply meant "she said.""
intj
1
An exclamation of excitement, triumph, or delight.
"Hoo! We actually won the match!"
noun
1
A narrow strip of land, especially a peninsula or ridge jutting into water.
"The village sits at the tip of the hoo, surrounded on three sides by marsh."
How to Use Hoo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old dialect word that can mean "she/he" as a pronoun, a shout of excitement, or (in place names) a strip of land sticking into water.
Common mistake
Very rarely used outside old dialect writing or English place names — not standard modern vocabulary.
Word Forms
hoos plural
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Etymology
The pronoun sense traces back to an Old English word for "she"; the "peninsula" sense comes from an unrelated Old English word for a spur of raised land, seen today in English place names like the Hoo Peninsula.