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Halloo

/həˈluː/ · interjection

Meaning

Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention..

Definitions by Sense

  1. Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
  2. Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers.
  3. A shout of halloo.
  4. (intransitive) To shout halloo.
  5. (transitive) To encourage with shouts; to egg (someone) on.
  6. (transitive) To chase with shouts or outcries.
  7. (transitive) To call or shout to; to hail.
  8. (transitive) To shout (something).

Example Sentences

Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue.
"Halloo!" cried the goodwife, and away she ran after it, with the frying-pan in one hand and the ladle in the other, as fast as she could, and the children behind her, while the goodman came limping after, last of all.
List, list, I hear Som far off hallow break the silent Air.
At almost any time of the day—save ever the sacred hour of noon—you may see the fish-hunters pursuing their sport; with loud halloos, brandishing their spears, and splashing through the water in all directions.
She was afraid that her faint cry would not be heard, but at least one member of the group responded to it, for there was an answering halloo, and a small figure detached itself from the rest and darted forward.
For voice—I have lost it with hallooing and singing of anthems.
[…] they set up two or three great Shouts, hollowing with all their might, to try if they could make their Companions hear; but all was to no purpose:
As our object was rather to enjoy the music of the chase, than to capture the deer, they shouted and hallooed as he entered the water, and he wheeled back, and went tearing in huge affright through the woods, up the island again.

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Antonyms for halloo

Related Words

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What does halloo mean?

Halloo means Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention..

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How do you use halloo in a sentence?

Earl Walter winds his bugle horn; To horſe, to horſe, halloo, halloo! His fiery courſer ſnuffs the morn, And thronging ſerfs their Lord purſue.

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