horace
- n Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
horace greeley
- n United States journalist with political ambitions (1811-1872)
hoot
- n a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- n a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- n something of little value
- v to utter a loud clamorous shout
the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance - v utter the characteristic sound of owls
hootch
- n an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
hooter
- n informal terms for the nose
- n a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- n nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
hoover
- n United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
- n United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
- n 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
- n a kind of vacuum cleaner
- v clean with a vacuum cleaner
hoover dam
- n a large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada
hop
- n the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- n twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- n an informal dance where popular music is played
- v jump lightly
- v move quickly from one place to another
- v travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
She hopped a train to Chicago
He hopped rides all over the country - v traverse as if by a short airplane trip
- v jump across
He hopped the bush - v make a jump forward or upward
hop-step-and-jump
- n an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement
hop clover
- n prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
- n clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
hop hornbeam
- n any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops