yoo-hoo

[yoo-hoo] {interj.}

- Used as an informal call or shout to a person to attract his attention.

* /Louise opened the door and called "Yoo-hoo, Mother — are you home?"/

See: ALL RIGHT FOR YOU, I'M TELLING YOU, SAYS WHO or SAYS YOU, THAT'S --- FOR YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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