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Hollo

noun

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl.

verb

(past & past part. holloed; pres. part. holloing)

Encourage somebody by crying hollo.

Cry hollo.

Utter a sudden loud cry. Synonyms: call, cry, holler, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell. "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"

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"Hollo" Quotes from Famous Books

... of her undefined hunger. She went to her bedroom, but she did not go to bed. She drew a chair to the window and stared at the splendour of the tropical night. By and by she heard the screen door. Hollo ...

— The Ragged Edge • Harold MacGrath

... "Hollo! Charley, you rascal," interrupted Mr. Kennedy—"here, take the mare to the stable, and don't drive her too fast. Mind, now, no going off upon the wrong road for the sake ...

— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne

... we heard at a distance, and as if coming from the inn, a shouting of 'Hollo! Hoix! Coachee! ...

— The Adventures of Hugh Trevor • Thomas Holcroft

... Squire, assuming his magisterial air, for the mildest Squire in Christendom can play the Bashaw, when he remembers he is a Justice of the Peace. "Hollo! what are you doing here this time of day? you are not after ...

— Eugene Aram, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... 'Hollo, here is a river!' cried Codrington when he led his forlorn hope to the right and found that the Riet had to be crossed. 'I was given to understand that the Modder was fordable everywhere,' says Lord Methuen in his official despatch. One ...

— The Great Boer War • Arthur Conan Doyle

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