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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑ.lɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ)
- Homophone: hauler (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Etymology 1[edit]
American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.
Noun[edit]
holler (plural hollers)
- A yell, shout.
- I heard a holler from over the fence.
- (by extension, colloquial) Any communication to get somebody's attention.
- If you need anything, just give me a holler.
- (music) A field holler.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a yell, shout
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by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention
Verb[edit]
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
Synonyms[edit]
- shout
- See also Thesaurus:shout
- See also Thesaurus:complain
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to yell, shout
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to call out one or more words
Etymology 2[edit]
Variation of hollow.
Noun[edit]
holler (plural hollers)
- (Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).
Adjective[edit]
holler (not comparable)
- (dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.
- the holler tree
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
holler c (plural hollers, diminutive hollertje n)
- A (hurried) runner
Synonyms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
holler
Turkish[edit]
Noun[edit]
holler
- nominative plural of hol
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