Halloo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used to catch someone's attention.
  • interjection. Used to urge on hounds in a hunt.
  • n. A shout or call of "halloo.”
  • verb-intransitive. To shout "halloo.”
  • v. To urge on or pursue by calling "halloo” or shouting.
  • v. To call out to.
  • v. To shout or yell (something).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • interjection. Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention
  • interjection. Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers
  • n. A shout of halloo
  • v. To shout halloo
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
  • verb-intransitive. To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
  • v. To encourage with shouts.
  • v. To chase with shouts or outcries.
  • v. To call or shout to; to hail.
  • interjection. An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one. Now mostly replaced by hello.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An exclamation used to call the attention of a person at a distance, or in hunting to incite the dogs.
  • To cry out; call with a loud voice; shout; cry, as after dogs.
  • To call or shout to; incite or chase with shouts and cries of “Halloo!”
  • To cry aloud; utter with shouts.
  • n. A call, cry, or shout uttered to attract attention, or as a signal, as in hunting to urge on the dogs.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a shout to attract attention
  • v. urge on with shouts
  • v. shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention
  • Verb Form
    hallooed    hallooing    halloos   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call    yell    vociferation    shout    cry    outcry    incite    egg on    prod    scream   
    Variant
    hello   
    Form
    hallooed    hallooing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shout    hail   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    holloa    scuffling    hurrah    yowl    whoop    lowing    shriller    battle-cries    hullabaloo    whinny