halloa

halloa
A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.

"Halloa! Stop there!" he shouted, holding his bicycle to block our road.


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  • Halloa — Hal*loa (h[a^]l*l[=o] ). See {Halloo}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • halloa — /heuh loh , ha /, interj., n., pl. halloas, v.i., v.t., halloaed, halloaing. hallo. * * * …   Universalium

  • halloa — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun & verb See halloo …   English dictionary for students

  • halloa — I. interjection see hallo I II. verb see hallo II III. noun see hallo III …   Useful english dictionary

  • view halloa — noun see view halloo * * * Fox Hunting. the shout made by a hunter on seeing a fox break cover. [1755 65] * * * view halloo, view hallo, or view halloa, the shout given by a huntsman on seeing a fox break cover …   Useful english dictionary

  • view halloa — Fox Hunting. the shout made by a hunter on seeing a fox break cover. [1755 65] * * * …   Universalium

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  • The Signal-Man — is a short story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the Mugby Junction collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round .The signal man of the title tells the narrator of a ghost that has been haunting him. Each spectral …   Wikipedia

  • Hello — For other uses, see Hello (disambiguation). Hallo redirects here. For other uses, see Hallo (disambiguation). Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is attested in writing as early as the 1830s. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

  • halloo — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I also halloa noun A loud cry: call, holler, shout, yell. See SOUNDS. II also halloa verb To speak or say very loudly or with a shout: bawl, bellow, bluster, call, clamor, cry, holler, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp,… …   English dictionary for students

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