holla
Americaninterjection
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(used as an informal greeting.)
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(an informal exclamation of enthusiasm, joy, etc.)
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(used especially during a hunt) hallo.
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Obsolete. cease! halt!
Etymology
Origin of holla
First recorded in 1500–50; from Middle French hola, equivalent to ho “ahoy” + la “here”
Example Sentences
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“Guys that care about nothing but playing ball. That’s it. If they don’t want to be that, they’ve got other auditions or agendas, we’ll holla at you. This ain’t the place for you.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2018
He later encouraged the head of the Grammys to “come and holla at ‘Ye.”
From Time • Oct. 24, 2016
Not go behind a keyboard or another — none of you reporters — behind go holla at another reporter on the slick be like, ‘We don’t like Kirk Cousins.’
From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2016
Will, all of seventeen at the time, replied, “I get my people to holla at your people, bro.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 4, 2016
"Yo, Sammy. Let me holla at you a minute," Brick says.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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