heigh-ho

[ hahy-hoh, hey- ]

interjection

1. (an exclamation of surprise, exultation, melancholy, boredom, or weariness.)

heigh-ho

/ ˈheɪˈhəʊ /

interjection

1. See hey-ho
   a variant spelling of hey-ho

Word History and Origins

Origin of heigh-ho¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

So saying, he touched the horse's neck with his riding-wand, and it fell into its auld heigh-ho of a stumbling trot.

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We could plainly hear their cries and yells as they discovered our escape, and with a “heigh-ho-heigh!”

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As he rode, the morning being frosty, he chanced to utter these words: "Heigh-ho, but I be a cauld cheil!"

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Then heigh-ho for a war with the Earth, to kill off a lot of the kickers—and soft pickins in a lot of ways.

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Here is a whole cargo of silks and laces just sent in to me—Heigh-ho!

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