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hoo boy

hoo boy interjection: used to express strong emotion, especially relief or mock dread.

Interjection

  1. Used to express strong emotion, especially relief or mock dread.
    • 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.2009, Richard Scrimger, The Boy from Earth, →ISBN, page 146
    • Mallory exhaled noisily. “Hoo boy, I was hoping to leave that one alone for a while. Like, years and years."2015, Chris Loblaw, The Patchwork Boy, →ISBN, page 138
    Synonyms:
    hoo doggy, whew

Synonyms of hoo boy

Forms of hoo boy

alternative formhoo-boy
alternative formhoo, boy

Questions about hoo boy

What does hoo boy mean?
Hoo boy means used to express strong emotion, especially relief or mock dread.
What part of speech is hoo boy?
Hoo boy is an interjection.

Words near hoo boy in the dictionary

  1. honyoks
  2. honyucitrin
  3. honyudisin
  4. Honyumptewa
  5. hoo
  6. hoo boy
  7. hoo doggie
  8. hoo doggy
  9. Hoo Green
  10. hoo hoo
  11. hoo hoos

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