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woo | wos |

As a proper noun woo

is a chinese surname.

As a noun wos is

louse.

woo

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) wowen, .

Alternative forms

* wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)

Verb

  • To endeavor to gain someone's support.
  • (often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
  • * Prior
    • Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
  • To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
  • * Milton
    • Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
  • * Bryant
    • I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
    Synonyms
    * court
    Derived terms
    * woo back

    Etymology 2

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
    • "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
    • English terms with homophones ----

    wos

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1876, Edward Everett Hale, "Phillip Nolan's Friends; or, 'Show Your Passports!'", Scribner's Monthly , Vol. XII, No. 1, page 20[http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA20&id=KOgGAQAAIAAJ]:
    • She wos' real good to 'em all, she ' wos , ma'am.
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