holler
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/ˈhɑ.lɚ/
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/ˈhɑ.lɚ/ · /ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/
Definition of holler
9 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A yell, shout.
“I heard a holler from over the fence.”
“Listen! Listen to the holler! If I write a book, it will be called "Life and How To Live It."”
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noun
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A yell, shout.
“I heard a holler from over the fence.”
“Listen! Listen to the holler! If I write a book, it will be called "Life and How To Live It."”
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(broadly, colloquial)Any communication to get somebody's attention.
“If you need anything, just give me a holler.”
- A field holler.
- (Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).
verb
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(intransitive)To yell or shout.
“You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.”
““Immigrants are welcome here,” the crowd hollered. “Refugees belong here.””
- (transitive)To call out one or more words.
- To complain, to gripe.
adj
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(Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, especially, not-comparable)Alternative form of hollow.
“the holler tree”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.
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