hulloa

[ huh-loh, huhl-oh ]

/ hʌˈloʊ, ˈhʌl oʊ /

Chiefly British

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

"Hulloa, boys, there's going to be a sham fight; Hiel told me so," said Bob Cushing.
Poganuc People|Harriet Beecher Stowe
If charged for the whole month, he would peruse the bill deliberately, and perhaps cry out 'Hulloa?'
Evan Harrington, Complete|George Meredith
“Hulloa, I did not know any other vessel was in here,” he said, as we gained the deck.
The Cruise of the Dainty|William H. G. Kingston
A hulloa and a bustle at the further edge of the wood from which they had come showed it to have contained a prize after all.
Abington Abbey|Archibald Marshall

Perhaps they might hear, although the noise of the propeller—Hulloa!
The Dreadnought of the Air|Percy F. Westerman