hallo
interjection
(used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)
halloed
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past participleof hallo.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hallo.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hallointerjection(used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)
Example Sentences
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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
Down we went to the bureau; but it was closed: we halloed through the slits, but no answer.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper
We went up to them, shouted and halloed, but they only looked at us lazily, and did not move.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen
He waved his hat and halloed, and the man evidently saw and understood, for he spurred his horse into a gallop.
From With Hoops of Steel by Dan Smith
