heave-ho

English

Alternative forms

heave ho

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊ

Interjection

heave-ho

An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.
- 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.
Synonym: yeave-ho

Derived terms

yo-heave-ho

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 嗨喲 (zh), 嗨哟 (zh) (hāiyō)
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)

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?

Derived terms

to give someone the (old) heave-ho

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.
- 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast:
  They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;
Synonym: yeave-ho

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