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Hof vs Hoo - What's the difference?

hof | hoo |

As nouns the difference between hof and hoo

is that hof is enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house while hoo is a strip of land; a peninsula.

As a pronoun hoo is

south Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire she.

As an interjection hoo is

hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy.

As an adverb hoo is

how.

hof

English

Etymology 1

A loan from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
  • * 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
    • Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
  • * 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
    • Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
  • * 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
  • * 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
  • * 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Korean-style bar or pub.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Adam B. Ellick, In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book, New York Times citation
    • , passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}

    Anagrams

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    hoo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) hoo, shoo "she" from (etyl) .

    Pronoun

  • she
    • Derived terms
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Interjection

  • (obsolete) hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy
    • Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo ! hoo!'' — Shakespeare, ''Coriolanus .
    With, hoo ! such bugs and goblins in my life'' — Shakespeare, ''Hamlet .
  • (Geordie) Used to grab the attention of others.
    • "Hoo yee!"

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (Northumbria, Geordie) how

    • References

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    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A strip of land; a peninsula.

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