单词 | helloing |
释义 | > as lemmashelˈloing helˈloing n. and adj. (a) n. the action of saying ‘hello’; (b) adj. that says ‘hello’. ΚΠ 1889 in W. F. Crafts Addr. on Civil Sabbath (1890) 49/2 The week days are so largely spent in vexatious helloing to the telephone and anxious running after trains. 1895 Critic (N.Y.) 6 Apr. 263/2 There will be no helloing girl to ask you every minute, ‘Have you finished?’ while you are straining your ears to hear what the person you are talking to is saying. 1985 K. Corcoran Robin Hood in Dark Ages 43 The helloing girl. 2006 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 17 Jan. 44 I see a couple I like whom I thought had moved away. This time I do the hailing and helloing. < as lemmas |
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