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▪ I. holla, int. and n.|ˈhɒlə, rarely hɒˈlɑː|
Also 6–8 hola.
[a. F. holà (15th c. in Littré) ‘stop’, ‘cease’, also a call to excite attention: ‘hoe there, enough, soft soft, no more of that; also, heare you me, or come hither’ (Cotgr.).]
†1. An exclamation meaning Stop! cease! Hence to cry holla; to give the holla to, to stop or check by this call. Obs.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccclxv. 597 Than therle of Buckyngham sayd, hola, cease, for it is late. 1566Gascoigne Supposes iii. i, Holla! no more of this. 1600Shakes. A. Y. L. iii. ii. 257 Cry holla, to the tongue, I prethee: it curuettes vnseasonably. 1622J. Taylor (Water P.) Farew. Tower Bottles Wks. (1872) 11 But holla, holla, Muse come back, come back. 1630S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. ii. Pref. (1670) 207 No man stays us, or cryes hola unto it. 1675Hobbes Odyss. xxiii. 259 Telemachus and the good servants two, When they had to the dancers said ‘Hola!’ Unto their beds within the palace go. 1681Cotton Wond. Peak (ed. 4) 86, I must give my Muse the Hola, here.
2. A shout to excite attention: cf. hollo.
1588Shakes. L. L. L. v. ii. 900 Holla, approach. 1599Minsheu Span. Dial. 25/2 Hola Page, bring Cards, let vs passe away the time. 1668R. L'Estrange Vis. Quev. (1708) 63 Hola! Grannum, (quoth I, good lustily in her Ear..) what's your pleasure with me? 1756Foote Eng. fr. Paris ii. Wks. 1799 I. 111 Hola, Sir Toby, stole away! 1855Kingsley Heroes iii. (1856) 170 Then Theseus shouted to him ‘Holla, thou valiant pine-bender, hast thou two fir⁓trees left for me?’
3. A shout of exultation: cf. hollo.
1727Swift Wom. Mind 64 So, holla, boys; God save the king. a1800in Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1431 Holla boys! holla boys! huzza-a-a!
4. Also holla ho! [F. holà ho!]
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iv. i. 12 Holla hoa, Curtis. 1796Scott Wild Huntsman xlix, Behind him hound, and horse, and horn, And, ‘Hark away, and holla, ho!’ 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. v. 84 With open throat sing chorus, drink and roar! Up! Holla! Ho!
B. n. A shout of holla!
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 284 What recketh he his rider's angry stir, His flattering ‘Holla’, or his ‘Stand, I say’? 1672Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal v. i. (Arb.) 115 He's here with a whoop, and gone with a holla [ed. 1714 holloe]. 1810Sporting Mag. XXXV. 299 Reynard was unfortunately lost..by a false holla from a man. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle (1859) 9 At the moment I thought I heard a holla.
▪ II. holla, v.
see hollo v. |