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Hollo

Hollo \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.

Hollo

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.

Wiktionary
hollo

interj. hey, hello n. A cry of "#Interjection" vb. To cry "#Injection"

WordNet
hollo
  1. 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]

  2. v. encourage somebody by crying hollo

  3. cry hollo

  4. 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" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, squall]

Wikipedia
Hollo

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

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had served time together in Hollo way for offences of a heretical nature, which are still covered by the otherwise repealed Witchcraft Act of 1572.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?