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who | whoo |

As a pronoun who

is what person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).

As a noun who

is a person under discussion; a question of which person.

As an acronym WHO

is the World Health Organization.

As an interjection whoo is

an expression of delight.

As a verb whoo is

to make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.

who

English

Pronoun

  • (interrogative pronoun) What person or people; which person or people (used in a direct or indirect question).
    • Who is that? (direct question)
    I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
  • (relative pronoun) The person or people that.
    • It was a nice man who helped us.

    Usage notes

    When "who" (or the other relative pronouns "that" and "which") is used as the subject of a relative clause, the verb agrees with the antecedent of the pronoun. Thus "I who am...", "He who is...", "You who are...", etc.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person under discussion; a question of which person.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 21, author=The New York Times, title=Movie Guide and Film Series, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist. }}

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    whoo

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An expression of delight.
  • The wailing cry of a ghost.
  • * 1949 , Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks
    • "You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo !" said I, choking back my rage.
  • * 1996 , R A Noonan, Wild ghost chase
    • Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo ?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.
  • The cry of an owl

    • Synonyms

    * (expression of delight) wahoo, whoopee, yay, yippee * (cry of an owl) tuwhit tuwhoo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.
  • * 1891 , (Thomas Hardy), (w, Tess of the d'Urbervilles) , Part 6:
  • *:"Upon my honour!" cried he, "there was never before such a beautiful thing in Nature or Art as you look, 'Cousin' Tess ('Cousin' had a faint ring of mockery). I have been watching you from over the wall—sitting like Im-patience on a monument, and pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing' and ' whooing , and privately swearing, and never being able to produce a note. Why, you are quite cross because you can't do it."