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
We sailed away from Gloucester Bay, And the wind was in the west, yo ho!
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.
Awakened at early dawn by the sailor's merry "yo, ho," coming up from the waters with the sun, you turn your eyes seaward, and what a glorious sight is before you!
From Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Vale, Ferna
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