tallyho

alternative tally-ho

1. UKUsed to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.

   There he is! Coming out of that coppice! Tallyho tallyho tallyho!

2. A cry used to signify encouragement when embarking on any somewhat daring endeavour.

   Here goes the Lord with one of his famous "Tallyho" pullouts. Tallyho!

   1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

3. A simple greeting, primarily used by the upper classes.

   Tallyho, chaps! What's the time, anybody?

4. aeronauticsTarget sighted.

   (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tallyho.

   1 more example

   (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”

   Synonyms: tally

plural tallyhos · plural tallyhoes · alternative tally-ho

1. An instance of the interjection.

   Alright, I'll give them the old tallyho.

2. datedA pleasure coach.

   They could not come to-day; there would have been hardly room for them in the tallyho.

   1900, Rebecca Sophia Clarke, Jimmy, Lucy, and All

present singular third person tallyhos · participle present tallyhoing · participle past tallyhoed · past tallyhoed · alternative tally-ho

1. To articulate the interjection.

   I'll tallyho once we've got to the top.