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English
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Etymology
From Middle English have howe.
Pronunciation
Interjection
heave-ho
- An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.
- Synonym: yeave-ho
1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “A Bell's Biography”, in The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales:Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.
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Translations
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 嗨喲／嗨哟 (zh) (hāiyō)
- Finnish: hiiop
- French: oh hisse (fr), ho hisse (fr)
- German: hau ruck (de)
- Greek: έγια μόλα (el) (égia móla)
- Italian: oh issa
- Japanese: オーエス (ōesu), よいしょ (yoisho), よいっしょ (yoissho), よっこいしょ (yokkoisho), よっこらしょ (yokkorasho), どっこいしょ (dokkoisho), どっこい (dokkoi), わっしょい (wasshoi), せえの, せーの (sēno), いっせえの, いっせーの (issēno), えっさっさ (essassa)
- Navajo: wóóʼmah
- Russian: раз-два́ (ru) (raz-dvá), ать-два́ (ru) (atʹ-dvá)
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Noun
heave-ho (plural heave-hoes or heave-hos)
- A cry of heave-ho.
- (informal) A rejection; a forced removal.
2002 August 8, Days of our Lives:Why would you think I'm still seeing Colin Murphy? I gave him the heave-ho, remember?
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Verb
heave-ho (third-person singular simple present heave-hoes, present participle heave-hoing, simple past and past participle heave-hoed)
- (informal) To pull forcefully.
- Synonym: yeave-ho
1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast:They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;