hoo hoo

plural hoo hoos · alternative hoo-hoo

1. A hooting noise, such as a laugh or the hoot of an owl.

   The Rolling Stones suck the air from the room. The hoo hoo's in the background pierce the air.

   2008, Jane Covernton, Cutlass Time, →ISBN, page 86

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   That night, when I carried Chumley's food and drink of tea out to him he greeted me with loud "hoo hoos" of delight, and jogged up and down, beating his knuckles on the ground.

   1962, Sally Patrick Johnson, Everyman's Ark

   "Now," said Paulette, every fiber of her system concentrated on the next phase of the action, "go ahh, ahh, ahh and relax." During the hoo hoos and the ahh ahhs, I gathered from the professor's grunts of approval and gentle encouragement of the patient that the baby was working its way down the birth canal and that delivery was imminent.

   2001, William T. Close, A Doctor's Life: Unique Stories, →ISBN, page 100

   Another black early fall dawn, years ago, I sat on a granite boulder in the Yosemite backcountry and decided to hoot back at some "hoo hoos" in the darkness.

   2003, Gary Bogue, The Raccoon Next Door: Creatures of the Urban Wilderness, →ISBN, page 50

2. alternativeAlternative form of hoo-hoo (genitalia)

   “Mum needed her 'hoo hoo' sewn up!” and there it was, thank you Mai.

   2012, J. R. Thompson, Letters to Raya, →ISBN, page 110

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   When a woman is giving birth, she is trying to pass a small child through her “hoo hoo” (or whatever euphemism you are comfortable with).

   2009, David Burgess, Three Simple Rules for Marital Bliss, →ISBN, page 39

   Technically she was showing everyone in the hallway her hoo hoo. This is not so mortifying to me as it is to the brand new nursing students, many of them who are male.

   2010, Brenda Wojick, Can You Squeeze My Banana?, →ISBN, page 189