Noun: ho (hos,hoes) how
Usage: US, offensive
Usage: US, offensive
- A sexually loose woman
- prostitute, fornicatrix [informal]
- Someone, esp. a woman, who engages in sexual intercourse for money
"The historical novel depicted the life of a ho in Victorian London";
- prostitute [informal], cyprian [archaic, informal], prozzie [slang], wench [archaic], trull [archaic]
- A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
- holmium, atomic number 67
Derived forms: Hos, hos
Type of: adult female, metal, metallic element, woman
Part of: gadolinite, ytterbite
Encyclopedia: Ho, Matthew