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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Amsterdam police chief Peter Holla said it had proved difficult to prevent such attacks even though police had been present in the city centre in numbers.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
Holla at me if you want me to break it down for you.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2015
Harris, noting that the show is set in the twenty-second century, improvised his own line: “Really? Holla? That line is, like, a hundred and fifty years old.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015
Women around the country have begun to speak out publicly, in blogs, public writing projects and on the websites of anti-harassment groups like Stop Street Harassment and Holla Back, which document and research the problem.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2014
They saw Theseus and called to him, "Holla, tall stranger at the door, what is your will to-day?"
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
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