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DictionaryhollerLoud calling
verb / noun

holler

HAH-ler/ˈhɑːlər/

A loud shout or call.

She hollers across the noisy playing field.

Latina adult cups hands and shouts across noisy playing field.
Etymology
hollerEnglishto shout

Hollo was a shout used especially to call hunting hounds. Holler preserves that loud calling sense and belongs to the same family of attention-getting cries as hello.

In context

Enhanced Public Domain155:31
I saw our men already got out into the boat and Rowing for life to the ship I was going to holler after them
1700s Satire: Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels (Audiobook)

More examples

  • A loud holler came from the barn.
  • He hollered when he saw the arriving bus.
  • Give me a holler when you are ready.

Forms

holler · hollers · hollered · hollering

Similar words

shout
The ordinary equivalent.
yell
A loud forceful cry.