hilloa
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English[edit]
Interjection[edit]
hilloa
- Obsolete spelling of hello
- 1883, Howard Pyle, “Robin Hood Compasseth the Marriage of Two True Lovers”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part fourth, page 146:
- "Hilloa, brother," quoth [Friar] Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it.
- 1890, William Morris, chapter XXII, in News from Nowhere[1]:
- As for Dick, he looked at her admiringly a while, and then said at last: "Well, Clara, I do wish we were there! But, hilloa! we are getting back way."
- 1847, James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest, chapter 32, in The String of Pearls[2]:
- 'Ah,' muttered Todd to himself, 'I like boys of a religious turn. They are much easier managed, for the imagination in such cases has been cultivated at the expense of the understanding. Hilloa, who have we here?'
Verb[edit]
hilloa (third-person singular simple present hilloas, present participle hilloaing, simple past and past participle hilloaed)
- (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly
- 1836, James White, The adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, Nights at mess, and other tales:
- I heard old Jenkins, scarcely recovered from the effects of his potations, hilloaing at the top of his voice for Julia
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
hilloa