Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hilloa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hilloa
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Obsolete spelling of hello.

Obsolete

verb

To holler, shout loudly

Obsolete

Example Sentences

""Hilloa, brother," quoth [Friar] Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it."
"As for Dick, he looked at her admiringly a while, and then said at last: "Well, Clara, I do wish we were there! But, hilloa! we are getting back way.""
"'Ah,' muttered Todd to himself, 'I like boys of a religious turn. They are much easier managed, for the imagination in such cases has been cultivated at the expense of the understanding. Hilloa, who have we here?'"
"I heard old Jenkins, scarcely recovered from the effects of his potations, hilloaing at the top of his voice for Julia"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

hilloas (present, singular) hilloaing (participle, present) hilloaed (participle, past) hilloaed (past)

Questions

What does hilloa mean?: Obsolete spelling of hello.

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