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Attention-getting cry
Answer for the clue "Attention-getting cry ", 5 letters:
hollo
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Word definitions for hollo in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hollo \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.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hollo is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anselm Hollo (1934–2013), Finnish poet and translator Juho Aukusti Hollo (1885–1967), Finnish translator
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
interj. hey, hello n. A cry of "#Interjection" vb. To cry "#Injection"
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow , bellowing , holla , holler , hollering , holloa , roar , roaring , yowl ] v. encourage somebody by crying hollo cry hollo utter a sudden loud cry; "she ...
Usage examples of hollo.
Children will rush and shout and hollo for the same joy which sends others of the family to weep apart.
She and Madame Lorretta had served time together in Hollo way for offences of a heretical nature, which are still covered by the otherwise repealed Witchcraft Act of 1572.
And away with thought and care, Save to live and be a man, While the keen air is blowing, And the huntsman holloing, And the black mare going As the black mare can.
Amid the loud combustion of this strife As well try holloing to the antipodes!
Hollo, thinks I, he ain't one of the Dick's hatband brigade, surely?