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yoo-hoo
[yoo-hoo] 
–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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| yoo-hoo (yōō'hōō') interj. Used to call someone at a distance or to gain someone's attention. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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yoo-hoo
exclamation to call attention, 1924.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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