Sekirov Dictionary

hollo

exclamation 2
noun 1
verb 1
forms 4

exclamation2

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(old-fashioned) Hey, hello
- And then to Apollo hollo, trees, hollo. — 1609
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(UK, old-fashioned) hello (expressing puzzlement or discovery)
- ‘Hollo!’ he cried. ‘The blind’s down!’ I had noticed, when we were outside, that the blind was down at the front room window. — 1897

noun1

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A cry of "hollo"
- And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo! — 1798

verb1

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To cry "hollo"
- And Tom made another loutish salute, and cut the conference short by turning off the path and beginning to hollo after some trespassing cattle. — 1899

forms

holloed · holloing · holloes · hollos

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