Tallyho

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn instance of the interjection.

"Alright, I'll give them the old tallyho."

2.nounA pleasure coach.

3.verbTo articulate the interjection.

"I'll tallyho once we've got to the top."

4.interjectionUsed to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.

"There he is! Coming out of that coppice! Tallyho tallyho tallyho!"

5.interjectionA simple greeting, exclusively used by the upper classes.

"Tallyho chaps! What's the time, anybody?"

6.interjectionTarget sighted.

"(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”"

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