| Pronunciation: | | 'hâlow
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- [n] a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
- [v] 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"
- [v] cry hollo
- [v] encourage somebody by crying hollo
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| | Synonyms: | | bellow, bellowing, call, cry, holla, holler, holler, hollering, holloa, roar, roaring, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell, yowl |
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| | See Also: | | call, call out, cry, cry out, emit, encourage, exclaim, halloo, hollo, howl, hurrah, let loose, let out, outcry, outcry, pipe, pipe up, roar, screak, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, skreak, skreigh, squawk, ululate, utter, vociferation, wail, whoop, yawl, yell |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's
hollo. --Coleridge.
\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. This form is now mostly
replaced by {hello}.
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