hoose

See also: Hoose

English

Etymology

From a dialectal spelling of house, from Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą (“house”). Compare Scots hoose.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hoo͞s, (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /huːs/

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• enPR: hoo͞s, (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /hus/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /hʉs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

hoose (plural hooses)

1. (Northumbria and Scotland) house

Derived terms

• wreck the hoose juice

References

• Frank Graham, editor (1987), “HOOSE”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin “hoose”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-09-05.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hose.

Noun

hoose

1. Alternative form of hose

Etymology 2

From Old English *hārs, variant of hās.

Adjective

hoose

1. Alternative form of hos

Noun

hoose

1. Alternative form of hos

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English hous, hus, from Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), from Proto-Germanic *hūsą, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hus/

Noun

hoose (plural hooses)

1. house

Alternative forms

• hoosie, housie (diminutive)
• hoos
• hous
• house
• hus
• oos (Cromarty)