holla

[ hol-uh ]

/ ˈhɒl ə /

interjection

(used as an informal greeting.)

(an informal exclamation of enthusiasm, joy, etc.)

(used especially during a hunt) hallo.

Obsolete. cease! halt!

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Also hol·lo [hol-oh] /ˈhɒl oʊ/.

Origin of holla

1500–50; < Middle French hola, equivalent to ho ‘ahoy’ + la ‘there’

Words nearby holla

holism, holistic, holistic medicine, holkar state, holkham hall, holla, holland, holland finish, hollandaise sauce, hollander, hollandia

Example sentences from the Web for holla

Here, Tommy, catch hold of him t'other side before he can holla.
Tom Brown's School Days|Thomas Hughes
They saw Theseus and called to him, "Holla, tall stranger at the door, what is your will to-day?"
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)|Various
He was indeed a great master of this kind of vociferation, and had a holla proper for most occasions in life.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling|Henry Fielding
Then Theseus shouted to him, "Holla, thou valiant Pine-bender, hast thou two fir-trees left for me?"
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)|Various

He meant he lived as far as a man's voice would carry with one yell and a holla.
A Knight of the Cumberland|John Fox Jr.