halloo
Americaninterjection
plural
halloos, hallooed, hallooingnoun
verb
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to shout (something) to (someone)
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(tr) to urge on or incite (dogs) with shouts
Etymology
Origin of halloo
C16: perhaps variant of hallow to encourage hounds by shouting
Example Sentences
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An ear-opener for listeners to whom the French horn is little more than an operatic halloo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Someone let out an halloo for Professor Murray.
From Time Magazine Archive
William and his attractive wife, Jane, 24, organized the Wicomico Hunt Club, love to halloo after hounds across their fields.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scent of corruption growing stronger, the hounds of public conscience began to break loose with an increasing halloo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly his voice came floating back to them in a loud halloo!
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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