[syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hollo \Hol*lo"\, interj. & n. [See Halloo, and cf. Holla.]
Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to
attract attention; a halloo.
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And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo. --Coleridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hollo \Hol"lo\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Holloed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Holloing.] [See Hollo, interj., and cf. Halloo.]
To call out or exclaim; to halloo.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hollo
n 1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing,
holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar,
roaring, yowl]
v 1: encourage somebody by crying hollo
2: cry hollo
3: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor
inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but
she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry,
call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]