Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hollo"
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) 1.7 (wn)
hollo
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}]
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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