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Hollo

intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Hey, hello dated

    "And then to Apollo hollo, trees, hollo."

  2. 2
    hello (expressing puzzlement or discovery) UK, dated

    "‘Hollo!’ he cried. ‘The blind’s down!’ I had noticed, when we were outside, that the blind was down at the front room window."

Noun
  1. 1
    A cry of "hollo"

    "And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo!"

  2. 2
    a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cry "hollo"

    "And Tom made another loutish salute, and cut the conference short by turning off the path and beginning to hollo after some trespassing cattle."

  2. 2
    utter a sudden loud cry wordnet
  3. 3
    cry ‘hollo’ wordnet
  4. 4
    encourage somebody by crying ‘hollo’ wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

See halloo, and compare holla.

Etymology 2

See halloo, and compare holla.

Etymology 3

See halloo, and compare holla.

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