Halloo
[hә'lu:]
Definition
(noun.) a shout to attract attention; 'he gave a great halloo but no one heard him'.
(verb.) shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.
(verb.) urge on with shouts; 'halloo the dogs in a hunt'.
Editor: Pedro--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
(v. i.) To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
(v. t.) To encourage with shouts.
(v. t.) To chase with shouts or outcries.
(v. t.) To call or shout to; to hail.
(n.) An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
Checked by Eugene
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Shout, call, cry out.
n. Holla, shout, call.
Checker: Rupert
Definition
n. a hunting cry: a cry to draw attention.—v.i. to cry after dogs: to raise an outcry.—v.t. to encourage or chase with shouts.—interjs. Hallo′! Halloa′! used to call attention.—Halloo before one is out of the wood to count on safety before one is out of danger.
Editor: Wallace
Examples
- Halloo-o-o-o! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Therefore, as soon as they arrive within hearing, they stop and halloo, remaining there till invited to enter. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Here I saw something: Halloo! Plato. The Republic.
- At a more than ordinary pitch of thumping and hallooing in the passage, he exclaimed, Devil take those young dogs! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She came hallooing to the window, How do you do, my dear? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There were low rambling buildings of concrete barred with heavy impassable doors, and no amount of hammering and hallooing brought any response. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Some one was talking there in a very loud accent; he did not know the voice--more than talking--almost hallooing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Whatever was wanted was hallooed for, and the servants hallooed out their excuses from the kitchen. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Checker: Sherman