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yo-heave-ho
[ yoh-heev-hoh ]
interjection
- (a chant formerly shouted by sailors to maintain a steady rhythm when hauling something together.)
yo-heave-ho
/ ˌjəʊhiːvˈhəʊ /
interjection
- a cry formerly used by sailors while pulling or lifting together in rhythm
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yo-heave-ho1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
The men did “hold on” most powerfully; they did more, they hauled upon the rope, hand over hand, to a “Yo-heave-ho!”
From Project Gutenberg
"nautical," however, the lack of the "Yo-heave-ho" touch in the Yankee sailor-man is by no means in his disfavour.
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But the next instant we were ready for him, and began to haul in with a will and a "yo-heave-ho!"
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