hallo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
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Definition of hallo
8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of hello (“greeting”).
“Hallo father, here’s Pecksniff!”
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intj
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(alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of hello (“greeting”).
“Hallo father, here’s Pecksniff!”
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(dated)A cry of surprise.
“It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the— But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.”
noun
- The cry "hallo!"
- A shout of exultation.
verb
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(intransitive)To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
“Tom was just hiding behind a wall, […] but the groom saw him, and halloed to him to know where Mr. Grimes, the chimney-sweep, lived.”
- (transitive)To chase while shouting "hallo!"
- (transitive)To cry "hallo" (to someone).
- (transitive)To shout (something).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo.
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