HOLLER

bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl

(noun) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); “his bellow filled the hallway”

hollow, holler

(noun) a small valley between mountains; “he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians”

gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

(verb) complain; “What was he hollering about?”

shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall

(verb) 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”

holler, holler out

(verb) shout out; “He hollered out to surrender our weapons”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

Noun

holler (plural hollers)

A yell, shout.

By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.

Synonyms

• hollering

• cry, outcry

• howl

• hurl

• scream

• shout

Verb

holler (third-person singular simple present hollers, present participle hollering, simple past and past participle hollered)

(intransitive) To yell or shout.

(transitive) To call out one or more words

To complain, gripe

Synonyms

• shout

• See also shout

• See also complain

Etymology 2

Variation of hollow.

Noun

holler (plural hollers)

(Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (small valley between mountains).

Adjective

holler (not comparable)

(dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.

Proper noun

Holler (plural Hollers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Holler is the 6933^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4836 individuals. Holler is most common among White (93.32%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary