Found 5 hits - Term: halloo, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halloo \halloo"\, v. t.
1. to encourage with shouts.
1913 webster
old john hallooes his hounds again. --prior.
1913 webster
2. to chase with shouts or outcries.
1913 webster
if i fly . . . halloo me like a hare. --shak.
1913 webster
3. to call or shout to; to hail. --shak.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halloo \halloo"\, interj. oe. halow. see halloo, n.
an exclamation to call attention or to encourage one. now
mostly replaced by hello.
1913 webster
see also:
halloo hello
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halloo \halloo"\ ha^ll=oo", n. perh. fr. ah + lo; cf.
as. eal=a, g. halloh, f. haler to set a dog on. cf.
hollo, interj.
a loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a
person or an animal; a shout.
1913 webster
list list i hear
some far off halloo break the silent air. --milton.
1913 webster
see also:
hollo
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
halloo \halloo"\, v. i. imp. p. p. hallooed -l=ood";
p. pr. vb. n. hallooing.
to cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a
person, as by the word halloo.
1913 webster
country folks hallooed and hooted after me. --sir p.
sidney.
1913 webster
see also:
hallooed hallooing
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
halloo
n : a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no
one heard him"
v 1: urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt"
2: shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting
attention
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