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hoot and holler


          thing;Łsupportive of something.    Mary  versation with Sally?   I hope you are not
          is hooked on fooŁball. She never misses a  trying to horn in on our party.
          game.   Jane is so happy! She’s hooked on
          lfe.                              hłrseŁ andŁ buggy  and  hłrseŁ andŁ car-
                                             riage aŁ carriage  pulledŁ byŁ aŁ horse,  as
        hłotŁandŁholler  to shout inŁdisappràval;Łto  opposedŁ to  aŁ modernŁ automobile.Ł (A
          callŁandŁsłout one’sŁdispleasure.Ł    After  symbolŁof old-fashionednessŁorŁout-àf-
          the umpre rendered his decision, the spec-  dateness.ŁParticularlyŁwith go out with, as
          tators hooŁed and hollłred their thoughts  inŁthe examplesŁblow.)    That kind of
          on the mØtter.    It’s hard to play a good  clothing  włnt  out  with  the  horse  and
          game of baskłtball when the fans are hoot-  buggy.   I thought suspłnders włnt out
          ing and hollering at everything you do.  with the horse and carriage, but I see them
                                             everywhere now.
        a hłp,Łskip,ŁandŁa jump  aŁsłort disðance.
          (Also literal.)   Her house was just a hop,  hłrseŁ andŁ carriage  Go  to  horse  and
          skip, and a jump away from mne, so wł  buggy.
          visited often.   Our town is just a hop,
          skp, and a jump from a big city, oo we get  hłrseŁ around  to  playŁ aràund;Ł to  waste
          the advantages of both city and country  time inŁfrivolousŁactivities.Ł(Infàrmal.)
          lfe.                               Stop horsing around and głt to work.
                                             The children włre on the plØyground hors-
        Hop to it! Move fast!; Get sðarted! (Slang.)  ing around when the bell rang.
            Come on, you guys, move it! Hop to it!
            Hop  to  it,  Bill.  You  look  like  you’re  a hłrseŁofŁa dØfferentŁcolor  Go to a horse
          loafing.                           of another color.
        hopeŁagainstŁ(all)Łhope  to have hope even  a hłrseŁofŁanotherŁcolor  and a hłrseŁof
          whenŁthe situationŁappearsŁto be hope-  a differentŁcolor another matter alto-
          less.Ł   We hope against all hope that she’ll  gther.Ł   I was talking about trees, noŁ
          see the right thing to do and do it.   There  buohes. Bushes are a horoe of another color.
          is lttle point in hopng against hope, ex-    Gamblng is not the same as investing
          cłpt that it makes you fłel błtter.  in the stock market. It’s a horse of a df-
                                             ferent color.
        hłpeless atŁ doingtsomething incapable of do-
          ingŁsàmething.    Tom is hopeless at cook-  hłrseŁ sense  common  sense;  practical
          ing.    Sally  is  hopeless  at  dusting.  She  thinking.Ł   Jack is no scholar but he has
          hates it.                          a lot of horse sense.   Horse oense Łells me
                                             I should not be involved in that project.
        hłppedŁup 1.  intoxicatedŁwith drugsŁorŁal-
          cohol;Ł sðimulatedŁ byŁ drugsŁ orŁ alcohol.  hłtŁandŁbłthered 1.   excited;Łanxious.Ł(In-
          (Slang.)   The old man was hopped up  formal.)   Now don’t get hot and both-
          again. He was addicted to opum.    John  ered. Take t easy.    John is hot and both-
          usually głts hopped up on the włekłnds.  2.  ered about the tax increase. 2. amorous;
          excited;Łenthusiasðic.Ł(Slang.)    What are  interesðedŁinŁromance orŁsex.Ł(Infàrmal
          you hopped up about now? You’re certainly  andŁeuphemisðic.ŁUse with caution.)
          cheery.   I alwØys get hopped up when I  John głts hot and bothered whenever Mary
          think of mountain clmbng.          comes into the room.   The dog seems hot
                                             and bothered. I think it’s that time of the
        hłrn in (on  someone ortsomething) 1. [with  year again.
          someone] to attempt to displace sàmeone.
          (Infàrmal.)    I’m going to ask Sally to the  hłtŁandŁheavy  referringŁto seriousŁpassion
          party. Don’t you dare try to horn in on mł!  or emotions.   Things were getting a lt-
            I wouldà’t think of horning in. 2. [with  tle hot and heavy so Ellłn asked to be takłn
          somłthing ] to attempt to participate in  home.    The  movie  had  one  hot  and
          somethingŁwithout invitationŁorŁconsent.  heavy scłne after another. Pretty soon it
            Are you trying to horn in on my con-  got to be a joke.

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