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boy howdy

/ˈbɔɪ ˈhaʊdi/

boy howdy interjection: expresses strong support or agreement.

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic) Expresses strong support or agreement.
    • Boy howdy. There was indeed no rest for the wicked.2005, Mark Alan Norris, Everything and Then Some, →ISBN, page 140
    • I greeted Shannon's request enthusiastically, "Boy, howdy!"2010, Joe Barfield, Formula 2000, the Dream, →ISBN
  2. (idiomatic) Expresses emphasis.
    • "Boy, howdy! Where do you get that stuff, you rummy?"1918 October 26, George Pattullo, “Places of Dreadful Night”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, number 17, Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, page...
    • Boy howdy, boy howdy, boy howdy! I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet.1992, Hugh Ruppersburg, Georgia Voices: Fiction, →ISBN, page 460

Examples of boy howdy in a sentence

  • I know what's happening in my life." Boy howdy, did she!2013, Honor James, The Rogue Hunter's Mate, →ISBN, page 60:
  • l saw her just a standin' there with her little blue suitcase and l said, 'Boy howdy, would l like to crawl into her pants!'2004, Will Hancok, All 'Bout Me, an Arkansas Tail, →ISBN, page 171:

Questions about boy howdy

What does boy howdy mean?
Boy howdy means expresses strong support or agreement.
How do you use boy howdy in a sentence?
I know what's happening in my life." Boy howdy, did she!
What part of speech is boy howdy?
Boy howdy is an interjection.
How do you pronounce boy howdy?
Boy howdy is pronounced /ˈbɔɪ ˈhaʊdi/.

Words near boy howdy in the dictionary

  1. boy friend
  2. boy friends
  3. boy group
  4. boy hole
  5. boy holes
  6. boy howdy
  7. boy in blue
  8. boy in buttons
  9. boy in the boat
  10. boy juice
  11. boy juices

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