yo-ho
Americaninterjection
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of yo-ho
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Yo ho, yo ho, a Pirates line for me!
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2021
Or would the audience respond with a great big yo ho hum?
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2011
Her favorite song was The Trail of the Lonesome Pine; but she was nearly as devoted to a radio commercial, "Yo ho yo ho yo ho yo ho, we are the makers of Wonder Bread."
From Time Magazine Archive
A bucklin' wind and a swashin' tide, Yo ho, ho, boys, yo ho, ho!
From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by Brown, William Perry
British sailors have a knack, Haul away, yo ho, boys.
From Newton Forster by Marryat, Frederick
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