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hollo

British

/ həˈləʊ, ˈhɒlə, ˈhɒləʊ /

noun

a cry for attention, or of encouragement

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interjection

a cry for attention, or of encouragement

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verb

(intr) to shout

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Etymology

Origin of hollo

C16: from French holà ho there!

Example Sentences

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And more than that—would they have said half they did to me last night"—— "Eh! hollo, by the way!

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

I walk with the owl, and make many to cry as loud as she doth hollo.

From The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' by Sidgwick, Compiled by Frank

She found they were all gone, and commenced to hollo.

From A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Sanborn, Kate

I began to hollo desperately, calling frantically for help with such a piercing voice as I had never dreamt of possessing before.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

"I can't hear a word, when you hollo in that way, not a word," said Mrs. Leake.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

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