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
"Hallo, hallo, hallo, my distracted daughter—no 'crying out,' if you please!"
From The Outcry by Henry James
Yet, at this very moment, she heard a faint hallo!
From The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail by Laura Dent Crane
Mary did as she was advised, and Tony at the same time setting up a loud shriek and hallo, and shaking his stick, the bear was so astonished that he turned round and waddled off.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston
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 saw some fellows in front of me," said a wounded lad of the Devons, "and I halloed to them because I wanted company and a bit of help.
From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Philip Gibbs
They halloed to him, but his ears were lent to the celestial harmonies.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
He didn’t say a word for a minute, and then he turned and ran down to the river bank, and halloed to a house which stood 110 near.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
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
Ten constables they essay To bate the dame's halloing.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce
They got lost in the forest, and wandered about for a long time, halloing and trying to find the top.
From Seven Little People and their Friends by Horace Elisha Scudder
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
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
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