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holler

1

[ hol-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to cry aloud; shout; yell:

    Quit hollering into the phone.



verb (used with object)

  1. to shout or yell (something):

    He hollered insults back into the saloon.

noun

  1. a loud cry used to express pain or surprise, to attract attention, to call for help, etc.

holler

2

[ hol-er ]

noun

, South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. a hollow.

holler

/ ˈhɒlə /

verb

  1. to shout or yell (something)


noun

  1. a shout; call

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Word History and Origins

Origin of holler1

1690–1700, Americanism; variant of holla ( hallo )

Origin of holler2

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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Word History and Origins

Origin of holler1

variant of C16 hollow, from holla, from French holà stop! (literally: ho there!)

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Example Sentences

“The incoming Republican majority in the Senate was built on opposition to executive amnesty,” said Holler.

As advertised, Holler is not autobiographical in the same way that the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein are not autobiographical.

Interestingly, what became Holler If Ya Hear Me originally went to Wilson to write before it passed to Kreidler.

And Holler If Ya Hear Me boasts some very fun redecorated Tupac tunes.

The mainstream Tupac musical Holler If Ya Hear Me is, in some ways, an act of defiance for the poet-actor-musician Saul Williams.

We kin git the papers to start a holler and have folks demandin' action of their representatives, and sich like.

Father-in-law would holler if he heard the car, but Bud did not intend that father-in-law should hear it.

There's mighty strange things stirrin' on this here mountain, an' in the Holler down yonder.

W'en he git off little ways, he up 'n holler back ter Brer Fox dat he got a riddle he want 'im ter read.

There's them that 'lows there's things in this here Holler t' be afeared of, an' I reckon hit's so.

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