"righty-ho" meaning in All languages combined

See righty-ho on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Head templates: {{en-interj}} righty-ho
  1. To indicate agreement
    Sense id: en-righty-ho-en-intj-ebVgtMKK
  2. introducing a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said alright, well (then)
    Sense id: en-righty-ho-en-intj-yO-ZmYpL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: OK, righto, right-oh

Download JSON data for righty-ho meaning in All languages combined (1.1kB)

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