HULLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hullo mean? 

• HULLO (noun)
  The noun HULLO has 1 sense:

1. an expression of greeting

  Familiarity information: HULLO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HULLO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expression of greeting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hello; hi; how-do-you-do; howdy; hullo

Context example:

every morning they exchanged polite hellos

Hypernyms ("hullo" is a kind of...):

greeting; salutation ((usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting))

 Context examples 

It is one of these cases—but, hullo, here is Lestrade!

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hullo, what is this?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)