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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hollo n : a very loud utterance; "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: {bellow}, {bellowing}, {holla}, {holler}, {hollering}, {holloa}, {roar}, {roaring}, {yowl}, {yowling}] 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}, {squall}]
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