ho : Idioms & Phrases
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billy-ho
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noun an unimaginably large amount
all get out; billyo; billyoh.
- British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'
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Gee ho , ∨ Gee whoa
- . Same as
Gee .
Webster 1913
gung ho
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adjective satellite very enthusiastic and dedicated
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heigh-ho
Heigh"-ho interjection
Definitions
An exclamation of surprise, joy, dejection, uneasiness, weariness, etc. Shak.
Webster 1913
ho chi minh
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noun Vietnamese communist statesman who fought the Japanese in World War II and the French until 1954 and South Vietnam until 1975 (1890-1969)
Nguyen Tat Thanh.
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ho chi minh city
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noun a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina
Saigon.
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ho-hum
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adjective satellite so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
tedious; slow; boring; wearisome; deadening; tiresome; dull; irksome.
- a boring evening with uninteresting people
- the deadening effect of some routine tasks
- a dull play
- his competent but dull performance
- a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
- what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke
- tedious days on the train
- the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain
- other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
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hwang ho
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noun a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
Yellow River; Huang He.
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tong ho
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noun grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking
chop-suey greens; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku.