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holloa, int., n., v.|hɒˈləʊ|
A form of hollo leading on to halloa, q.v.
A. int. (See quots.)
[1726G. Roberts Four Years Voy. 30 So I answer'd him, Ho lo.] 1769Falconer Dict. Marine, Holloa,..an exclamation of answer, to any person, who calls to another to ask some question, or to give a particular order..The master..calls, Main-top, hoay! To which they answer, Holloa! 1866Craven Meg's Diversion ii. 40 Holloa! Meg, frolick⁓some Meg, here! 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Holloa, or holla, an answer to any person calling from a distance, to show they hear. 1883Mrs. Oliphant Ladies Lindores I. 247 ‘Holloa!’ he cried, ‘Gone, are they!’
B. n. A shout of ‘holloa!’
1749Fielding Tom Jones vii. iii, The same holloa which attends the departure of a hare, when she is first started. 1861Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. vi, It was an uncommon bad night for running by holloas.
C. v. To call ‘holloa!’; to shout so as to call attention, express surprise, etc.
1666Bunyan Grace Ab. ⁋173 Then would the text cry..as if it did holloa after me. 1858R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxiv. 287 He holloaed out to the grooms. 1885Badm. Libr., Hunting 144 The result of holloaing immediately a fox has crossed a ride often is to make him pop back again. |