Ho, an exclamation used for several purposes; chiefly to call up to attention or service: “ho, awake!” Tp. II, 1, 308. “who's within there? ho!” Wiv. I, 4, 139. “peace, ho! be here,” Meas. IV, 3, 110; cf. I, 4, 6. “ho, open the door,” Err. III, 1, 38. LLL IV, 3, 174. Mids. IV, 1, 88. Merch. II, 6, 25. V, 66. 109 (O. Edd. how). As, V, 4, 131. Shr. IV, 1, 43. Shr. IV, 1, 43 All's II, 1, 212. IV, 1, 24. Tw. I, 4, 10. Wint. II, 3, 39. John V, 6, 1. R2 V, 2, 74. H4B I, 1, 1. II, 1, 68. V, 3, 75. H6B I, 4, 82. R3 I, 4, 84. H8 V, 2, 3. Troil. IV, 1, 1. V, 2, 1. V, 3, 13. Rom. I, 1, 82. III, 5, 64. Tim. II, 1, 13. Caes. I, 2, 1. IV, 2, 1. IV, 2, 1 V, 4, 4. V, 4, 4 Hml. III, 4, 22. IV, 1, 32. Lr. V, 3, 102. Ant. III, 13, 90 etc. “holla ho:” Shr. IV, 1, 12. “whoa ho:” Wiv. V, 5, 187 (Slender's speech). “wo ha ho:” Merch. V, 39 (Launcelot's speech). Oftenest what ho: “what ho, slave!” Tp. I, 2, 313. “what ho, Lucetta!” Gent. I, 2, 66. Wiv. IV, 2, 9. Wiv. IV, 2, 9 Wiv. IV, 2, 9 Meas. III, 1, 44. IV, 1, 50. IV, 2, 20. IV, 3, 25. Shr. IV, 1, 152. Tw. I, 5, 318. IV, 2, 21. R2 V, 3, 74. H4A II, 1, 52. II, 3, 68. R3 III, 2, 1 (Ff my lord). Troil. II, 3, 23. Rom. I, 1, 90. IV, 2, 43. Hml. III, 2, 57. III, 4, 22. Oth. I, 3, 12. Ant. IV, 14, 129. Cymb. I, 6, 139 etc. The two words separated: “what, Lucius, ho!” Caes. II, 1, 1. “what, Oswald, ho!” Lr. I, 4, 336.
Used as an expression of mockery or rebuke: “O ho, o ho! would't had been done,” Tp. I, 2, 349. O ho, “monster, we know what belongs to a frippery,” IV, 224. “ho now, you strike like the blind man,” Ado II, 1, 205. “'ware pencils, ho!” LLL V, 2, 43. “ho ho ho! coward, why comest thou not?” Mids. III, 2, 421. “have you heard any imputation to the contrary? Ho no no,” Merch. I, 3, 15. “a quarrel, ho! already,” V, 146. “O ho, Petruchio! Tranio hits you,” Shr. V, 2, 57. “o ho! entreat her,” Shr. V, 2, 57 “come, we burn daylight, ho!” Rom. I, 4, 43. “peace, ho! for shame,” IV, 5, 65. “ho ho! confessed it,” Tim. I, 2, 22. “ho ho! I laugh to think,” Tim. I, 2, 22 “with, ho! such bugs,” Hml. V, 2, 22. “ho! hearts, tongues . . . . cannot think, speak . . . . ho! his love,” Ant. III, 2, 16. “ho ho ho! now the witch take me, if I meant it thus,” IV, 2, 36. O ho sometimes == ah ha: “O ho! do you come near me now?” Tw. III, 4, 71. “O ho! do you mark that?” Hml. III, 2, 118. “O ho, I know the riddle,” Lr. V, 1, 37.
Serving as a cry of exultation: “with a hey and a ho,” As V, 3, 18. As V, 3, 18 As V, 3, 18 As V, 3, 18 “sweet lady, ho ho!” Tw. III, 4, 18. “with hey ho, the wind and the rain,” V, 399. V, 399 V, 399 V, 399 V, 399 “a bawd, so ho!” Rom. II, 4, 136. Used on setting out on a travel: “then westward-ho!” Tw. III, 1, 146. “on toward Calais, ho!” John III, 3, 73.
In Troil. III, 1, 131. Troil. III, 1, 131 Troil. III, 1, 131 136 oh ho, as a cry of pain, has been changed by M. Edd. to oh oh.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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