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hal⋅loo

  [huh-loo] interjection, noun, plural -loos, verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -looed, -loo⋅ing.
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hal⋅lo

  [huh-loh] interjection, noun, plural -los, verb, -loed, -lo⋅ing.
–interjection
1. (used to call or answer someone, or to incite dogs in hunting.)
–noun
2. the cry “hallo!”
3. a shout of exultation.
–verb (used without object)
4. to call with a loud voice; shout; cry, as after hunting dogs.
–verb (used with object)
5. to incite or chase (something) with shouts and cries of “hallo!”
6. to cry “hallo” to (someone).
7. to shout (something).
Also, halloa, halloo, hallow, hillo, hilloa, hullo, hulloo.

Origin:
1560–70; var. of hollo, itself var. of earlier holla < MF hola, equiv. to ho ahoy + la there
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hal·loo   (hə-lōō')   
interj.  
  1. Used to catch someone's attention.
  2. Used to urge on hounds in a hunt.
n.   pl. hal·loos also hal·loas
A shout or call of "halloo."
v.   hal·looed also hal·loaed, hal·loo·ing also hal·loa·ing, hal·loos also hal·loas

v.   intr.
To shout "halloo."
v.   tr.
  1. To urge on or pursue by calling "halloo" or shouting.
  2. To call out to.
  3. To shout or yell (something).

[Alteration of obsolete holla, stop!; see hello.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Halloo

Hal*loo"\, n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eal[=a], G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.

List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent air. --Milton.

Halloo

Hal*loo"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Halloing.] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. --Sir P. Sidney.

Halloo

Hal*loo"\, v. t. 1. To encourage with shouts.

Old John hallooes his hounds again. --Prior.

2. To chase with shouts or outcries.

If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare. --Shak.

3. To call or shout to; to hail. --Shak.

Halloo

Hal*loo"\, interj. [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.] An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : halloo
Spanish: hola; vaya, anda,
German: Hallo!,
Japanese: やあ
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