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

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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

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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

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