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English Dictionary: hollo by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hollo
n
  1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
    Synonym(s): bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, 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"
    Synonym(s): shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
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}.
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