holler
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
American variant of holla or hallo.
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[edit] Noun
holler (plural hollers)
- A yell, shout.
- I heard a holler from over the fence.
- By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.
- If you need anything, just give me a holler.
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A yell, shout
By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
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[edit] Verb
holler (third-person singular simple present hollers, present participle hollering, simple past and past participle hollered)
- (intransitive) To yell or shout.
- You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
- (transitive) To call out one or more words
- To complain, gripe
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- shout
- See also Wikisaurus:shout
- See also Wikisaurus:complain
[edit] Translations
to yell, shout
to yell, shout
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[edit] Etymology 2
Variation of hollow.
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holler (plural hollers)
- In South Midland and Southern (dialects of American English), a hollow.
- A rural road in the Appalachians in the U.S.A.
[edit] Dutch
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holler c. (plural hollers, diminutive hollertje)
- A (hurried) runner
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[edit] Adjective
holler
- Comparative form of hol.
