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yoo-hoo

American  
[yoo-hoo] / ˈjuˌhu /

interjection

  1. (used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, in calling to another person, or the like.)

verb (used without object)

  1. to get or attempt to get someone's attention by or as if by calling “yoo-hoo”.

    yoo-hooing across the back fence.
yoo-hoo British  
/ ˈjuːˌhuː /

interjection

  1. a call to attract a person's attention

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of yoo-hoo

First recorded in 1920–25 but probably earlier, imitative of the sound

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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