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| hal·loo [ hə l ] or hal·loa [ hə lṓ ] or hal·lo [ hə lṓ ] |
interjection |
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1. call to attract attention: used to try to attract somebody's attention
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2. call to urge on hunting dogs: used to spur on dogs in a hunt
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verb (past and past participle hal·looed, present participle hal·loo·ing, 3rd person present singular hal·loos) (past and past participle hal·loaed, present participle hal·loa·ing, 3rd person present singular hal·loas) (past and past participle hal·loed, present participle hal·lo·ing, 3rd person present singular hal·los) |
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1. intransitive verb call out "halloo!": to utter a call of "halloo!"
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2. transitive verb spur dogs on: to spur hunting dogs on by shouting halloos
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3. transitive verb shout something: to shout out something to somebody
 hallooed a warning from the shore
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| [Late 17th century. Alteration of holla< French holà] |
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 hal·loo noun |
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