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tallyho

UK /ˌtæliˈhəʊ/US /ˌtæliˈhoʊ/

exclamation 4
noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

exclamation4

(UK) Used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.
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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
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Target sighted.
- (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”
- (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tallyho.
•
A simple greeting, primarily used by the upper classes.
- Tallyho, chaps! What's the time, anybody?

noun2

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An instance of the interjection.
- Alright, I'll give them the old tallyho.
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(old-fashioned) A pleasure coach.
- They could not come to-day; there would have been hardly room for them in the tallyho. — 1900

verb1

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To articulate the interjection.
- I'll tallyho once we've got to the top.

forms

tallyhoed · tallyhoing · tallyhos · tallyhoes

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