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interjection
1.
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, in calling to another person, or the like.)
verb (used without object)
2.
to get or attempt to get someone's attention by or as if by calling “yoo-hoo”:
yoo-hooing across the back fence.
Origin
1920-1925
probably earlier than 1920-25, Americanism; of expressive orig.
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hooty-hoo 

Hooty Hoo is the code for the killer
How you like me now, gold teef when i smile, try to get me out da ghetto but im still buck wild...go'n back it up nigga - HOOTY HOO!
hooty-hoo by Justin (Juzzle) February 14, 2005
She usez to be my boo. Now she'z my Boo Hoo
Boo Hoo by Schism420 October 8, 2008

whih hoo 

Yoshi's cry of happiness.
"Whih hoo!" went Yoshi when he gets a star in Mario Party.
whih hoo by mergh March 30, 2009

double nurple hoo kick 

When one female asserts her dominance over another female in a social situation by twisting both nipples and kicking the 'opponent' in the vaj.
A: "Dude, she totally double nurple hoo kicked that b*tch."
B: "Reckon it's better than peeing on my carpet."

Woo fricken hoo 

A term used sarcastically when you are not satisfied with what the other person did or when you did not expect something to go bad. Opposite of "Woo hoo!"

Also known as "Woo fucking hoo."
Great. My younger brother Dave just revealed my age to my 17 year old girlfriend and now she sees me as 3 years younger than her. Woo fricken hoo.