hollo

verb

ˈhä-(ˌ)lō How to pronounce hollo (audio)
variants or halloo also hallo
Definition of hollonext
as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollo
  1. shout
  2. yell
  3. cry
  4. call
  5. scream
  6. roar
Verb
  • Cooper, 30, shouts to the 5,000 screaming young women who have packed the house.
    Alexandra York, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • No approach is made, no greeting shouted, no gaze returned.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of shout
Verb
  • More news: Chiefs' Hollywood Brown Posts New Workout Video Indicating His Return Following the big win, Wharton was seen walking to the tunnel, when a child was yelling out to him.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • From above, the commander watched the live feed on an iPad and yelled out instructions on where to go and what to approach, Mr. Damaj said.
    Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of yell
Verb
  • First of all, the breathless cries about the imminency of WWIII have been wrong, every single day, since February 2022, when Russia invaded.
    Dan Crenshaw, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But Jenny accuses her of not having a soul, then runs away, crying.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of cry
Verb
  • Marx himself would call DEI a classic case of ideology, a set of benign-seeming ideas that disguise the workings of the rulers, in this case empowered progressives.
    WSJ, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2023
  • However, today most young people rarely call each other.
    Andrea Wigfield, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
Definition of call
Verb
  • As one of Jeff Arcuri’s openers at the Beacon Theater, Jensen had the crowd screaming with laughter over a wild bit on the realities of menstruation. 4.
    Frank DiGiacomo, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Officers responded to calls from people who heard several shots fired and people screaming at 2317 South Pleasant Valley Road at 11:30 p.m. on June 26.
    Austin American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of scream
Verb
  • The powerful cyclone unleashed widespread wind gusts of 60 to nearly 80 mph through western Washington while even stronger winds up to 101 mph roared just off the coast, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
  • White closed the set by lining up with his touring band for a final bow to the roaring crowd.
    Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of roar
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hollo

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“Hollo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollo. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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