interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, in calling to another person, or the like.)
verb (used without object)
2.
to get or attempt to get someone's attention by or as if by calling “yoo-hoo”: yoo-hooing across the back fence.
Origin:
‡ 1920–25, Americanism; of expressive orig.
‡ 1920–25, Americanism; of expressive orig.
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| —interj | |
| a call to attract a person's attention | |
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Yoo-hoo
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is lollygag. Does it mean:
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
yoo-hoo
exclamation to call attention, 1924.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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