HALLOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does halloo mean? 

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

1. a shout to attract attention

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

• HALLOO (verb)
  The verb HALLOO has 2 senses:

1. urge on with shouts

2. shout 'halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention

  Familiarity information: HALLOO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALLOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shout to attract attention

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he gave a great halloo but no one heard him

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

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

halloo (shout 'halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention)

• HALLOO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Urge on with shouts

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

halloo the dogs in a hunt

Hypernyms (to "halloo" is one way to...):

egg on; incite; prod (urge on; cause to act)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shout 'halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "halloo" is one way to...):

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

halloo (a shout to attract attention)

 Context examples 

“I have myself been the king's man for thirty years or more, but I have not been wont to halloo about it on a peaceful highway.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the meanwhile, they proceeded on their journey without any mischance, and were within view of the town of Keynsham, when a halloo from Morland, who was behind them, made his friend pull up, to know what was the matter.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“My second is a piece of advice: keep the boy close beside you, and when you need help, halloo. I'm off to seek it for you, and that itself will show you if I speak at random. Good-bye, Jim.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Ah, sir, you speak of dogs, cried Aylward; but there are a pack of lusty hounds who are ready for any quarry, if they have but a good huntsman to halloo them on.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two russet-clad varlets, with loud halloo and cracking whips, walked thigh-deep amid the swarm, guiding, controlling, and urging.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)