ho

noun4

1. •
   (vulgar, offensive) a woman who has sex with many different people

   • Bros before hoes!
2. •
   (vulgar, offensive) A woman in general; a bitch.
3. •
   A stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.

   • O I, a plague on ’em, there’s no ho with ’em, they’re madder then^([sic – meaning than]) March hares. — 1604
4. •
   (no longer used) Care, anxiety, trouble, sorrow.

   • Though there bee A thousand cares that heape my hoe. — 1567

exclamation3

1. •
   Used to attract attention to something sighted, usually by lookouts.

   • Sail ho!
   • Land ho!
2. •
   halloo; hey; a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.

   • What noise there, ho? — 1610
3. •
   (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.

   • "I'll hit you again, you thief !” he cried angrily, shaking “Ho-ho-ho!” he croaked. — 1900

verb2

1. •
   (slang, vulgar) To act as a ho, to prostitute.

   • She holds down a decent job during the day, but is secretly hoeing around with at least 5 different trifling men. — 2003
2. •
   (no longer used) To care, be anxious, to long.

   • To ho for anything, to long for any thing. Berks. — 1787

noun3

1. •
   Initialism of head office.
2. •
   Initialism of holy orders.
3. •
   Abbreviation of HO scale.

noun[plural only]1

1. •
   A Central-Eastern Indian Adivasi tribe numbering around 1 million, mainly following the religion of Sarna Dhorom