hallo
interjection
(used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)
halloing
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present participleof hallo.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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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
Why, we met never a tattered vagabond on the road but he was halloing of ditties, and a kinder, more hospitable set of people never lived.
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
Then a general shout, and off went the Tartars, as if Old Nick was at their heels, halloing most fearfully.
From Forest and Frontiers Or, Adventures Among the Indians by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming
We won’t spoil the chance by halloing where the hare went, though, from our vantage-ground, we can view her throughout.
From Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth by John Huntley Skrine
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
