What does hoo boy mean?

hoo boy

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

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"It sounds a lot like a ... well, like a fart, but—hoo boy—I would not like to be standing behind whoever it was that let it out."
"Mallory exhaled noisily. “Hoo boy, I was hoping to leave that one alone for a while. Like, years and years.""
"“Hoo boy,” Duff says under his breath. “Jase got burned deep on that pass.”"

hoo-boy (alternative) hoo, boy (alternative)

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