name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
hooley
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhuːli/
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General-American: /ˈhuli/
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homophone: hoolie
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rhymes with -uːli
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CMU ARPABET: HH UW1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A small village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England, just outside Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2856).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland
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noun
Meaning 4
Chiefly in the form to blow a hooley: a strong wind; a gale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
Examples
- It’s blowing a hooley out there.
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
The etymology of sense 1 (“noisy celebration or party”) is unknown. Sense 2 (“strong wind”) is possibly from one of the following: * Borrowed from Orkney Scots hool(an) (“strong wind”) + English -ie (diminutive suffix). Hoolan is derived from Norn (unattested), from Old Norse ýlun (“howling, wailing”), from ýla (“to howl”) (ultimately onomatopoeic) + -un (suffix forming nouns). * From sense 1.