holler

See also: Holler

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

Noun

holler (plural hollers)

  1. A yell, shout.
    I heard a holler from over the fence.
  2. (by extension, colloquial) Any communication to get somebody's attention.
    If you need anything, just give me a holler.
  3. (music) A field holler.
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Verb

holler (third-person singular simple present hollers, present participle hollering, simple past and past participle hollered)

  1. (intransitive) To yell or shout.
    You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
  2. (transitive) To call out one or more words.
  3. To complain, to gripe.
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Etymology 2

Variation of hollow.

Noun

holler (plural hollers)

  1. (Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).

Adjective

holler (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.
    the holler tree

Dutch

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Noun

holler c (plural hollers, diminutive hollertje n)

  1. a (hurried) runner

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Adjective

holler

  1. comparative degree of hol

Turkish

Noun

holler

  1. nominative plural of hol