oho

Interjection

1. Expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha.
   • "There is Kate, taking no heed of anybody; sensible old darling — she goes at her tea and cake — Oho! she has not touched them!" - 1880, Lucy Bethia Walford, Troublesome Daughters:
   • "Oho, my boy, that's the woman who keeps you here! Mrs. Neff hinted at it, but I wouldn't believe it till I had it from you." - 1914, Rupert Hughes, What Will People Say?:
   • "Oho," he said, "a vile thing to say. It is. I am losing check upon my tongue, it is running free like a riderless horse. And I don't give a damn. I can say at last what I wanted for years to say, years of being politic...
2. The sound of weeping; boohoo.
   • "Oho, oho, oho!" she wailed. "I didn't know; I didn't know. I meant no harm; indeed I didn't, ma'am." - 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados: