hollo
/hˈɑlˌoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cry of "hollo"
verb
To cry "hollo"
Example Sentences
- "And then to Apollo hollo, trees, hollo."
- "Presently up came the clerk; and when he saw his master, the parson, running after the three girls, he was greatly surprised, and said, "Hollo! hollo! your reverence! whither so fast!"
- "‘Hollo!’ he cried. ‘The blind’s down!’ I had noticed, when we were outside, that the blind was down at the front room window."
- "And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners' hollo!"
- ""I always add my hollo," said the yeoman, "when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow.""
- "The old chief stepped to the entrance of the wigwam and made a peculiar noise between a whistle and a hollo, and in a few minutes there were hundreds of Indians there, both bucks and squaws."