holler

See also: Holler

English

Alternative forms

• hollar (etymology 1)

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.lɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ)
• Homophone: hauler (cot–caught merger)

Etymology 1

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

Noun

holler (plural hollers)

1. A yell, shout.

   I heard a holler from over the fence.

   • 1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Life and How to Live It”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:

     Listen! Listen to the holler!
     If I write a book, it will be called "Life and How To Live It."

2. (by extension, colloquial) Any communication to get somebody's attention.

   If you need anything, just give me a holler.

3. (music) A field holler.

Synonyms

• hollering
• cry, outcry
• howl
• hurl
• scream
• shout

Derived terms

• a hoot and a holler

Translations

a yell, shout

• Bulgarian: вик (bg) m (vik), стон (bg) m (ston), во́пъл (bg) m (vópǎl)
• Dutch: kreet (nl), gil (nl), roep (nl), schreeuw (nl), brul (nl)
• Esperanto: krio
• French: cri (fr) m, hurlement (fr) m
• German: lauter Ruf m, lauter Schrei m, Brüllen n
• Greek: κραυγή (el) f (kravgí)
• Ingrian: kiljahus, möry
• Italian: urlo (it) m, grido (it) m
• Persian: عربده (fa) ('arbade)
• Portuguese: grito (pt)
• Romanian: urlet (ro) n, țipăt (ro) n, strigăt (ro) n
• Russian: вскрик (ru) m (vskrik), вы́крик (ru) m (výkrik)
• Spanish: grito (es) m, vociferación f, voceo (es) m
• Swedish: rop (sv) n

by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: gebrul (nl) n, gegil (nl) n, geschreeuw (nl), geroep (nl) n
• German: Zuruf (de) m, Bescheid (de) m
• Portuguese: toque (pt), lembrete (pt)
• Russian: о́клик (ru) m (óklik)

Verb

holler (third-person singular simple present hollers, present participle hollering, simple past and past participle hollered)

1. (intransitive) To yell or shout.

   You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.

   • 2025 June 27, Lila Hempel-Edgers, Damenica Ellis, “Protesters gathered in uptown Charlotte to oppose Trump bombing of Iran sites”, in The Charlotte Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 January 2026, Politics & Government‎^[2]:

     “Immigrants are welcome here,” the crowd hollered. “Refugees belong here.”

2. (transitive) To call out one or more words.
3. To complain, to gripe.

Synonyms

• shout
• See also Thesaurus:shout
• See also Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

• a hit dog will holler
• holler at
• holler back
• holler copper

Translations

to yell, shout

• Bulgarian: викам силно (vikam silno), сте́на (bg) (sténa)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎯᎠ (adohia)
• Dutch: brullen (nl), roepen (nl), schreeuwen (nl)
• Finnish: huikata
• French: crier (fr), hurler (fr)
• Greek: κραυγάζω (el) (kravgázo)
• Italian: sbraitare (it), urlare (it)
• K'iche': raqik chi'/aj
• Ojibwe: biibaagi
• Romanian: urla (ro)
• Russian: крича́ть (ru) impf (kričátʹ), кри́кнуть (ru) pf (kríknutʹ), вскри́кивать (ru) impf (vskríkivatʹ), вскри́кнуть (ru) pf (vskríknutʹ)
• Spanish: gritar (es), vociferar (es), vocear (es), gritonear (es), huchear (es)
• Swedish: hojta (sv)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak), سسلنمك (seslenmek)

to call out one or more words

• Bulgarian: изви́квам (bg) impf (izvíkvam), изви́кам pf (izvíkam)
• Dutch: brullen (nl), roepen (nl), uitroepen (nl), uitschreeuwen (nl)
• Spanish: gritar (es), vocear (es), vociferar (es), exclamar (es), aldabear (es), huchear (es)
• Swedish: hojta (sv)

Derived terms

• holleration
• hollerer

Etymology 2

Variation of hollow.

Noun

holler (plural hollers)

1. (Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).

Adjective

holler (not comparable)

1. (dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.

   the holler tree

Dutch

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Noun

holler c (plural hollers, diminutive hollertje n)

1. a (hurried) runner

Synonyms

• loper m
• renner m

Adjective

holler

1. comparative degree of hol

Turkish

Noun

holler

1. nominative plural of hol