HALLOO
halloo
(noun) a shout to attract attention; “he gave a great halloo but no one heard him”
halloo
(verb) shout ‘halloo’, as when greeting someone or attracting attention
halloo
(verb) urge on with shouts; “halloo the dogs in a hunt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Interjection
halloo
Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers.
Noun
halloo (plural halloos)
A shout of halloo.
Verb
halloo (third-person singular simple present hallooes or halloos, present participle hallooing, simple past and past participle hallooed)
(intransitive) To shout halloo.
(transitive) To encourage with shouts; to egg (someone) on.
(transitive) To chase with shouts or outcries.
(transitive) To call or shout to; to hail.
(transitive) To shout (something).
Anagrams
• holloa
Source: Wiktionary
Hal*loo", n. Etym: [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eala, G. halloh, F.
haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.]
Definition: A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a
person or an animal; a shout.
List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. Milton.
Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Halloing.]
Definition: To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person,
as by the word halloo.
Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. Sir P. Sidney.
Hal*loo", v. t.
1. To encourage with shouts.
Old John hallooes his hounds again. Prior.
2. To chase with shouts or outcries.
If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare. Shak.
3. To call or shout to; to hail. Shak.
Hal*loo", interj. Etym: [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.]
Definition: An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition