"'ho" meaning in English

See 'ho in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /hoʊ/ [US]
enPR: hō [US] Rhymes: -əʊ Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} 'ho, {{en-cont}} 'ho
  1. Alternative form of whore, especially in African American Vernacular English. Tags: alt-of, alternative, contraction Alternative form of: whore (extra: especially in African American Vernacular English) Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-'ho-en-contraction-1M1FZu9q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "head": ""
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "'ho",
      "name": "en-cont"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "contraction",
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          "extra": "especially in African American Vernacular English",
          "word": "whore"
        }
      ],
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Prostitution",
          "orig": "en:Prostitution",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of whore, especially in African American Vernacular English."
      ],
      "id": "en-'ho-en-contraction-1M1FZu9q",
      "links": [
        [
          "whore",
          "whore#English"
        ],
        [
          "African American Vernacular English",
          "African American Vernacular English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "hō",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'ho"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "'ho",
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          "word": "whore"
        }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/əʊ",
        "en:Prostitution"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of whore, especially in African American Vernacular English."
      ],
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        [
          "whore",
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        ],
        [
          "African American Vernacular English",
          "African American Vernacular English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "hō",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'ho"
}

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