oho
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Example Sentences
- ""There is Kate, taking no heed of anybody; sensible old darling — she goes at her tea and cake — Oho! she has not touched them!""
- ""Oho, my boy, that's the woman who keeps you here! Mrs. Neff hinted at it, but I wouldn't believe it till I had it from you.""
- ""Oho," he said, "a vile thing to say. It is. I am losing check upon my tongue, it is running free like a riderless horse. And I don't give a damn. I can say at last what I wanted for years to say, years of being politic and demure. No longer.""
- ""Oho! Now I see where he's going with this, Frank thinks. Would have seen it earlier if I hadn't been so tired.""
- ""Oho, oho, oho!" she wailed. "I didn't know; I didn't know. I meant no harm; indeed I didn't, ma'am.""
Etymology
From Middle English o ho; o, ho; equivalent to o + ho.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: o ho