Yoo-hoo
(used as an exclamation to get someone’s attention, in calling to another person, or the like.)
to get or attempt to get someone’s attention by or as if by calling “yoo-hoo”:
yoo-hooing across the back fence.
contemporary examples
video-chat for stoners brian ries august 18, 2010
historical examples
christie johnstone charles reade
interjection
a call to attract a person’s attention
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