Whoo vs Phoo - What's the difference?
whoo | phoo |
An expression of delight.
The wailing cry of a ghost.
* 1949 , Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks
* 1996 , R A Noonan, Wild ghost chase
The cry of an owl
To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.
* 1891 , (Thomas Hardy), (w, Tess of the d'Urbervilles) ,
*:"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."
As interjections the difference between whoo and phoo
is that whoo is an expression of delight while phoo is an expression of rejection or disgust.As a verb whoo
is to make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.whoo
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- "You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo !" said I, choking back my rage.
- Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo ?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.
Synonyms
* (expression of delight) wahoo, whoopee, yay, yippee * (cry of an owl) tuwhit tuwhooVerb
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