heigh-ho

[ hahy-hoh, hey- ]

/ ˈhaɪˈhoʊ, ˈheɪ- /

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interjection

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

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Origin of heigh-ho

First recorded in 1545–55

Words nearby heigh-ho

Heidi, Heiduc, heifer, Heifetz, heigh, heigh-ho, height, heighten, heightism, height of land, height-to-paper

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How to use heigh-ho in a sentence

So saying, he touched the horse's neck with his riding-wand, and it fell into its auld heigh-ho of a stumbling trot.
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott
We could plainly hear their cries and yells as they discovered our escape, and with a “heigh-ho-heigh!”
Tales of the Malayan Coast|Rounsevelle Wildman
As he rode, the morning being frosty, he chanced to utter these words: "Heigh-ho, but I be a cauld cheil!"
The Three Perils of Man, Vol. 3 (of 3)|James Hogg
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.
The Martian Cabal|Roman Frederick Starzl

Here is a whole cargo of silks and laces just sent in to me—Heigh-ho!
Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph|Frances Sheridan

British Dictionary definitions for heigh-ho

heigh-ho

/ (ˈheɪˈhəʊ) /

interjection

a variant spelling of hey-ho

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