Halloo

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  • interjection. Used to catch someone's attention.
  • interjection. Used to urge on hounds in a hunt.
  • noun. A shout or call of “halloo.”
  • intransitive verb. To shout “halloo.”
  • intransitive verb. To urge on or pursue by calling “halloo” or shouting.
  • intransitive verb. To call out to.
  • intransitive verb. To shout or yell (something).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An exclamation used to call the attention of a person at a distance, or in hunting to incite the dogs.
  • To cry out; call with a loud voice; shout; cry, as after dogs.
  • To call or shout to; incite or chase with shouts and cries of “Halloo!”
  • To cry aloud; utter with shouts.
  • noun. A call, cry, or shout uttered to attract attention, or as a signal, as in hunting to urge on the dogs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
  • interjection. An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one. Now mostly replaced by hello.
  • transitive verb. To encourage with shouts.
  • transitive verb. To chase with shouts or outcries.
  • transitive verb. To call or shout to; to hail.
  • intransitive verb. To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • interjection. Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention
  • interjection. Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers
  • noun. A shout of halloo
  • verb. To shout halloo
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a shout to attract attention
  • verb. urge on with shouts
  • verb. shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention
  • Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call  cry  egg on  holler  hollo  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hail  shout  
    variant
    hello  
    verb-form