holler

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhɑ.lɚ/
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/ˈhɑ.lɚ/ · /ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/

Definition of holler

9 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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."”
  2. (broadly, colloquial)Any communication to get somebody's attention.
    “If you need anything, just give me a holler.”
  3. A field holler.
  4. (Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).

verb

  1. (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.””
  2. (transitive)To call out one or more words.
  3. To complain, to gripe.

adj

  1. (Appalachia, Southern-US, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, especially, not-comparable)Alternative form of hollow.
    “the holler tree”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

Hooks

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