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Hoo vs Phoo - What's the difference?

hoo | phoo |

As interjections the difference between hoo and phoo

is that hoo is hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy while phoo is an expression of rejection or disgust.

As a pronoun hoo

is south Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire she.

As an adverb hoo

is how.

As a noun hoo

is a strip of land; a peninsula.

hoo

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

  • she
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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

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    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A strip of land; a peninsula.

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    phoo

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An expression of rejection or disgust.
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