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yoo-hoo exclamation [ ˈjuːhuː ]

• a call used to attract attention to one's arrival or presence.
• "Yoo-hoo!—Is anyone there?"

yoo-hoo verb

• say ‘yoo-hoo’ to attract attention.
• "Roz comes in, waving and yoo-hooing"
Origin: natural exclamation: first recorded in English in the 1920s.


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