halloo

That was the meaning of all the loud halloo—for that the hounds were unleashed and the hunting-horns sounded.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
A boyish impulse, tempted me to give a loud halloo, in order to set the beautiful animal off at its wildest speed.
The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I|Susanna Moodie
A loud halloo from Major Mowbray, who seemed advancing upon the wings of the wind, told Dick that he was discovered.
Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
Karlsefin did so, and immediately after a faint and very distant halloo came back in reply.
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne

We have an excellent illustration of those possibilities in the word “halloo,” commonly rendered as “hello.”
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for halloo

halloo

hallo or halloa (həˈləʊ)

/ (həˈluː) /

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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British Dictionary definitions for halloo

hallo or halloa (həˈləʊ)

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