ho : Idioms & Phrases


billy-ho

  • noun an unimaginably large amount
    all get out; billyo; billyoh.
    • British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'
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Gee ho, ∨ Gee whoa

  • . Same as Gee.
Webster 1913

gung ho

  • adjective satellite very enthusiastic and dedicated
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heigh-ho

Heigh"-ho interjection
Definitions
  1. An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.
Webster 1913

ho chi minh

  • noun Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
    Nguyen Tat Thanh.
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ho chi minh city

  • noun a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
    Saigon.
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ho-hum

  • adjective satellite so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    tedious; slow; boring; wearisome; deadening; tiresome; dull; irksome.
    • a boring evening with uninteresting people
    • the deadening effect of some routine tasks
    • a dull play
    • his competent but dull performance
    • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
    • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
    • tedious days on the train
    • the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
    • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
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hwang ho

  • noun a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
    Yellow River; Huang He.
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tong ho

  • noun grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking
    chop-suey greens; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku.
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