Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of hollo.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The boy no sooner saw him mount his horse, than he holloed out to him that, rather than he should spoil his white-footed nag, he would come to him, on condition he would keep his fingers to himself.
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Cannonade leaped so big that the lookers-on holloed.
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I have often encountered holloed in the past tense.
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Equally futilely from time to time, Barton, with his hands cupped to his mouth, holloed -- holloed -- holloed -- into the thunderous darkness.
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I cried out, while the conductor and brakeman and station-agent all called and holloed and clamored for Duncan to hurry.
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"I only holloed in _one_ ear, Tod," remonstrated Budge "an 'you ought to love dear Aunt Alice enough to have _that_ hurt a little rather than not wake up."
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He holloed with all his might, and by good luck some people came and reached him a stick, by which he pulled himself out.
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He holloed out: "Who's there?" and then the noise stopped, but the light kept on.
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Pony confessed that he holloed a little; the others tried to look as if they never holloed at all, and Jim Leonard went on:
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His mother was standing at the back door, for she could not bear to stay in the house, and Pony's father holloed to her: "Here he is, Lucy, safe and sound!" and Pony's mother holloed back:
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