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General-American:
/ˈhɑ.lɚ/
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UK:
/ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɒlə(ɹ)
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homophone: hauler (cot–caught merger)
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CMU ARPABET:
HH AA1 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Alternative form of hollow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, especially, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
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A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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A yell, shout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I heard a holler from over the fence.
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Synonyms: none provided
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Any communication to get somebody's attention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, colloquial
Examples
If you need anything, just give me a holler.
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Synonyms: none provided
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A field holler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, alternative
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To yell or shout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
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To call out one or more words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To complain, to gripe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his bellow filled the hallway
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bellow, bellowing, holla, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
a small valley between mountains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hollow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: valley, vale
Narrower terms: dell, dingle
complain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
What was he hollering about?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
utter a sudden loud cry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, hollo, squall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose
Narrower terms: hollo, hurrah, halloo, whoop, shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe, howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup, squawk, screak, skreak, skreigh, screech
shout out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He hollered out to surrender our weapons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: holler out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shout
Variation of hollow.
American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.
Across languages
Translations 79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
вик
(vik)
— a yell, shout
Bulgarian :
стон
(ston)
— a yell, shout
Bulgarian :
во́пъл
(vópǎl)
— a yell, shout
Dutch :
kreet
— a yell, shout
Dutch :
gil
— a yell, shout
Dutch :
roep
— a yell, shout
Dutch :
schreeuw
— a yell, shout
Dutch :
brul
— a yell, shout
Esperanto :
krio
— a yell, shout
French :
cri
— a yell, shout
French :
hurlement
— a yell, shout
German :
lauter Ruf
— a yell, shout
German :
lauter Schrei
— a yell, shout
German :
Brüllen
— a yell, shout
Greek :
κραυγή
(kravgí)
— a yell, shout
Ingrian :
kiljahus
— a yell, shout
Ingrian :
möry
— a yell, shout
Italian :
urlo
— a yell, shout
Italian :
grido
— a yell, shout
Persian :
عربده
('arbade)
— a yell, shout
Portuguese :
grito
— a yell, shout
Romanian :
urlet
— a yell, shout
Romanian :
țipăt
— a yell, shout
Romanian :
strigăt
— a yell, shout
Russian :
вскрик
(vskrik)
— a yell, shout
Russian :
вы́крик
(výkrik)
— a yell, shout
Spanish :
grito
— a yell, shout
Spanish :
vociferación
— a yell, shout
Spanish :
voceo
— a yell, shout
Swedish :
rop
— a yell, shout
Dutch :
gebrul
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Dutch :
gegil
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Dutch :
geschreeuw
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Dutch :
geroep
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
German :
Zuruf
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
German :
Bescheid
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Portuguese :
toque
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Portuguese :
lembrete
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Russian :
о́клик
(óklik)
— by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Bulgarian :
викам силно
(vikam silno)
— to yell, shout
Bulgarian :
сте́на
(sténa)
— to yell, shout
Cherokee :
ᎠᏙᎯᎠ
(adohia)
— to yell, shout
Dutch :
brullen
— to yell, shout
Dutch :
roepen
— to yell, shout
Dutch :
schreeuwen
— to yell, shout
Finnish :
huikata
— to yell, shout
French :
crier
— to yell, shout
French :
hurler
— to yell, shout
Greek :
κραυγάζω
(kravgázo)
— to yell, shout
Italian :
sbraitare
— to yell, shout
Italian :
urlare
— to yell, shout
K'iche' :
raqik chi'/aj
— to yell, shout
Ojibwe :
biibaagi
— to yell, shout
Romanian :
urla
— to yell, shout
Russian :
крича́ть
(kričátʹ)
— to yell, shout
Russian :
кри́кнуть
(kríknutʹ)
— to yell, shout
Russian :
вскри́кивать
(vskríkivatʹ)
— to yell, shout
Russian :
вскри́кнуть
(vskríknutʹ)
— to yell, shout
Spanish :
gritar
— to yell, shout
Spanish :
vociferar
— to yell, shout
Spanish :
vocear
— to yell, shout
Spanish :
gritonear
— to yell, shout
Spanish :
huchear
— to yell, shout
Swedish :
hojta
— to yell, shout
Ottoman Turkish :
چاغرمق
(çağırmak)
— to yell, shout
Ottoman Turkish :
سسلنمك
(seslenmek)
— to yell, shout
Bulgarian :
изви́квам
(izvíkvam)
— to call out one or more words
Bulgarian :
изви́кам
(izvíkam)
— to call out one or more words
Dutch :
brullen
— to call out one or more words
Dutch :
roepen
— to call out one or more words
Dutch :
uitroepen
— to call out one or more words
Dutch :
uitschreeuwen
— to call out one or more words
Spanish :
gritar
— to call out one or more words
Spanish :
vocear
— to call out one or more words
Spanish :
vociferar
— to call out one or more words
Spanish :
exclamar
— to call out one or more words
Spanish :
aldabear
— to call out one or more words
Spanish :
huchear
— to call out one or more words
Swedish :
hojta
— to call out one or more words
