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Hogo vs Hoo - What's the difference?

hogo | hoo |

As nouns the difference between hogo and hoo

is that hogo is a strong, unpleasant smell 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.

hogo

English

Alternative forms

* hogoo

Noun

(head)
  • a strong, unpleasant smell
  • * 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses :
    • Some women for instance warn you off when they have their period. Come near. Then get a hogo you could hang your hat on. Like what? Potted herrings gone stale or. Boof! Please keep off the grass.
  • * 1980 , Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers :
    • He opened and let out a hogo of medicinal rum and beer. The bad tooth was a premolar.
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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.

    • Anagrams

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