hallo
Americaninterjection
noun
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hallos
plural
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the cry “hallo!”
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a shout of exultation.
verb (used without object)
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hallos,
present (3rd person singular)
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halloed,
past participle, past
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halloing
present participle
verb (used with object)
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hallos,
present (3rd person singular)
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halloed,
past participle, past
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halloing
present participle
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to incite or chase (something) with shouts and cries of “hallo!”
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to cry “hallo” to (someone).
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to shout (something).
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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hallosimple
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hallossimple
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have halloedperfect
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has halloedperfect
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am halloingprogressive
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are halloingprogressive
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is halloingprogressive
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have been halloingperfect progressive
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has been halloingperfect progressive
Past
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halloedsimple
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had halloedperfect
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was halloingprogressive
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were halloingprogressive
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had been halloingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of hallo
First recorded in 1560–70; variant of hollo, itself variant of earlier holla, from Middle French hola, equivalent to ho “ahoy” + la “there”
Example Sentences
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A spin painting that Hirst made with Bowie – Beautiful, hallo, space-boy painting – is estimated at £250,000-£350,000.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2016
In their Manga suits, their moon boots, they tossed their teased doll’s hair and called, Hallo- hallo.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
A sudden frown clouded the laird’s face as he gave vent to that hallo.
From The Eagle Cliff by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Va-yoo," said one uncertainly, then, realization hitting him, "va-yoo hallo!
From The Buttoned Sky by Geoff St. Reynard
"We won't hallo until we are out of the wood," replied the Chief.
From Swift and Sure by Herbert Strang
After hallos and handshakes, smiles and grunts, we asked for news, and were gratified to find that all was well with men and beasts alike.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
In surly speed he helps the maids by force And feeds the cows and hallos till he's hoarse; And when he's lame they only jest and play And bid him throw his kiby heels away.
From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare
They squealed as they did so, and every now and then broke into hallos or bursts of song.
From A harum-scarum schoolgirl by John Campbell
Last week in pious Brusa, the "green* city," a muezzin halloed "Tanri Ulndur" from one of the minarets whence Brusans had heard "Allah Akbar" since the 14th Century.
From Time Magazine Archive
Willis was waiting, and he waved and halloed as Turner rowed closer.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
I halloed to him, asking him if he did not know the Yankees were coming.
From A Woman's Wartime Journal An account of the passage over a Georgia plantation of Sherman's army on the march to the sea, as recorded in the diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt by Julian Street
Soon Smoky halloed to me and said that the bees had nearly all left him.
From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
He talked and halloed as if he were in the street.
From The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés
David Shoun later recalled that in all his years as a doctor he’d never seen a man in such agony: “He was halloing and was in awful misery.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
And the soldiers below were gaining courage and responding to the rallying cries of the captains, who were halloing and pointing toward the edge of the cliff, down in the direction of the cataract.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Ellsworth Douglass
Well there is no use halloing about that now, let us try and get a sleep.
From A Chapter of Adventures by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
During the night they heard Peth halloing to the schooner, calling for Jarrow, but they gave no answer.
From Isle o' Dreams by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
Soon two young fellows dashed down the sands, halloing in answer to the syren, and stood with wondering eyes beneath the bows.
From Adventures in Many Lands by F. Gillett
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