yoo-hoo
Americaninterjection
verb (used without object)
interjection
Etymology
Origin of yoo-hoo
First recorded in 1920–25 but probably earlier, imitative of the sound
Example Sentences
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This all was so appalling the Feds came calling, "Yoo hoo"; They told him, "You've been scamming — the doors we are slamming on you."
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018
So my mother pulls this story I wrote out of her pocketbook and starts yelling, “Yoo hoo, Mr. Ali? Yoo hoo, Mr. Ali?” to my utter embarrassment.
From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2016
Now, its time for them to understand a few things about — Yoo hoo!
From Time • Feb. 2, 2012
The room next to me is empty till one morning a girl’s voice says, Yoo hoo, who’s there?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Yoo hoo, boy with the typhoid, are you awake?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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