hollo

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MacLean's loud hollo, and MacGregor's horn.

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  1. Ho there! hello! an exclamation to some one at a distance, in order to call attention, or in answer to one who hails: like halloo, holla, and hello, interj.
  2. To call out, cry out, or shout, in order to call attention, or in answer to some one who hails, or in play, or as an expression of pain. [Not common in literature.] Then he singeth, as we use here in England to hollow, whoope or shout at Houndes, and the rest of the companie answere him. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 432. I could have kept a hawk, and well have hollow′d To a deep crie of dogs. Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, ii. 5.
  3. To urge or call by shouting. He has hollowed the hounds upon a velvet headed knobbler. Scott.

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  • The first written occurrence of hullabaloo found so far was back in 1762, when it was spelled hollo-hallo . —  The Word Detective
  • The old chief stepped to the entrance of the wigwam and made a peculiar noise between a whistle and a hollo, and in a few minutes there were hundreds of Indians there, both bucks and squaws. —  Chief of Scouts
  • The form hallow, as a noun or verb, with accent on the first syllable is a variant of hollow, hollo, holla, now scarcely used as an interjection, and is in so far different from hallo, hello …. —  OUPblog
  • His ear caught the sound of hoofs, and as the lad galloped up, the stout old baron rubbed his eyes in surprise to see his sovereign in such sorry plight So, hollo, my lord duke," he cried; "what taketh thee abroad in this guise so early? —  Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
  • He ought to hollo, when he was across, and that would let them know that he was safe and they would be ready to let the constable up, and begin to run before he could grab them Everybody thought that was a splendid plan except Archy Hawkins, that all the fellows called Old Hawkins; his father kept one of the hotels, and Old Hawkins used to catch frogs for the table; he was the one that the frogs used to know by sight, and when they saw him they would croak out: "Here comes Hawkins! —  The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story
 

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  1. An intermediate form between hallo, halloo, or hello, and holla: see these forms.
  2. Also written holloa, hollow, and, according to a common perversion, holler; from hollo, interj., ult. from hallo, holla, interj.: see hollo, interj., and holla, hallo, halloo, etc.
  3. from hollo, interj. and v.
 

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