heave-ho
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heave-ho
- /ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English have howe.
interjection heave ho · heave-o
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An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.
Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.
Similar: yeave-ho
noun heave-hoes · heave-hos · heave ho · heave-o
- A cry of heave-ho. Over the water came the clank and rattle of chains and the "Heave-ho!" of the sailors getting ready for departure.
- An ejection; a forced removal; a dismissal (as from a job or relationship). When I was a kid—well, more of a kid than I am now—I used to believe he really was a bishop—unfrocked, of course, or ungaitered, or whatever they call it when they give a bishop the heave-ho.
verb heave-hoes · heave-hoing · heave-hoed · heave ho · heave-o
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To pull forcefully.
They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;
Similar: yeave-ho
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intj Translations
| 한국어 | 영차 yeongcha, 에요 eyo, 여차 yeocha, 이영차 iyeongcha |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 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 |
| 中文 | 嗨喲 /嗨哟 hāiyō, 嘿咻 hēixiū |
| Français | oh hisse, ho hisse |
| Deutsch | hau ruck |
| Italiano | oh issa |
| Ελληνικά | έγια μόλα égia móla |
| Русский | раз-два́ raz-dvá, ать-два́ atʹ-dvá |
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