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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOL'LO, v.i. To call out or exclaim. [See Halloo.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl] v
1: encourage somebody by crying hollo
2: cry hollo
3: 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, hollo, squall]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb or halloo; also hallo Date: 14th century intransitive verb to cry hollo ; holler transitive verb 1. to call or cry hollo to 2. to utter loudly ; holler II. noun or halloo; also hallo (plural hollos or halloos; also hallos) Date: 15th century an exclamation or call of hollo III. interjection or halloo; also hallo Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1588 1. — used to attract attention (as when a fox is spied during a fox hunt) 2. — used as a call of encouragement or jubilation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

int., n., & v. --int. = HOLLA. --n. (pl. -os) = HOLLA. --v. (-oes, -oed) (also hollow pronunc. same) = HOLLA. Etymology: rel. to HOLLA

Webster's 1913 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. This form is now mostly replaced by hello.