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halloo

[huh-loo]
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interjection, noun, plural hal·loos, verb (used with or without object), hal·looed, hal·loo·ing.

hallo.
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Related Words for halloo

bellow, salvo, whoop, holler, bark, yap, call, clamor, vociferation, hue, squawk, bawl, yawp, squall, shriek, yammer, roar, tumult, cry, screech

Examples from the Web for halloo

Historical Examples of halloo

  • With song and halloo and blast of horns, they swept away into the forest.

  • Carefully trying to place it in his scarf, he heard the halloo, 'Who goes there?'

  • There had been another ride when he had come to her in a halloo of storms.

    Erik Dorn

    Ben Hecht

  • So I stood in my boat waving the cloak over my head and shouting “Halloo!”

    Sir Ludar

    Talbot Baines Reed

  • Keep the boy close beside you, and when you need help, halloo.

    Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for halloo

halloo

hallo or halloa (həˈləʊ)

sentence substitute

a shout to attract attention, esp to call hounds at a hunt

noun plural -loos, -los or -loas

a shout of "halloo"

verb -loos, -looing, -looed, -los, -loing, -loed, -loas, -loaing or -loaed

to shout (something) to (someone)
(tr) to urge on or incite (dogs) with shouts

Word Origin for halloo

C16: perhaps variant of hallow to encourage hounds by shouting
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