ho : Idioms & Phrases
Index
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.