tally-ho
Foxhound rally call
Tally-ho is a cry used in fox hunting when the quarry is spotted, signaling riders to give chase.
The exclamation has spread to any situation where someone spots what they're looking for: Tally-ho, there's the exit!
It sounds deliberately old-fashioned or jocular in modern use, evoking British hunting traditions.
Dogs bred for mounted pursuits
- houndsDogs bred to track
- huntsmanOne who pursues game
- masterAuthority or controller
- hornPointed animal headgear
bugle · quarry · covert · brush · gallop · horseback · equestrian · beagles
Vocal expression of emotion
sighting · announcement · spotted · onwards · charge · rally · pursuit · excitement
Quality from past eras
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
heritage · old-fashioned · period · nostalgic · classic · quintessential · bygone · Wodehouse
foxhounds
Dogs bred for mounted pursuits
horn · bugle · quarry · covert · brush · gallop · horseback · equestrian · beagles · mounted
cry
Vocal expression of emotion
alert · sighting · announcement · spotted · onwards · charge · rally · pursuit · excitement · cheer
vintage
Quality from past eras
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- gentryHighborn but not noble
manor · heritage · old-fashioned · period · nostalgic · classic · quintessential · bygone · Wodehouse · upper-class
- historic transportcarriage, horse-drawn carriage, coach, phaeton, stagecoach
- battle criesbattle cry, charge, hooah, banzai, oorah
- British huntingfox hunting, fox hunt, foxhound, foxhunting, deer hunt
- old exclamationszounds, gadzooks, egad, egads, forsooth
- Old Greetingsgood morrow, fare thee well, hail, well met, how now
- foxhuntingfoxhound, foxhounds, huntsman, hounds, pack
tally-hogone to ground
Hidden to avoid pursuit
no joy · stand down · all quiet · false alarm · never mind