holler

See also: Holler

English

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.lɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ)
• Homophone: hauler (cot–caught merger)

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.

Synonyms

• hollering
• cry, outcry
• howl
• hurl
• scream
• shout

Derived terms

• a hit dog will holler
• a hoot and a holler
• holler back
• holler copper

 

Translations

a yell, shout

• Bulgarian: вик (bg) m (vik)
• Dutch: kreet (nl), gil (nl), roep (nl), schreeuw (nl), brul (nl)
• Esperanto: krio
• French: cri (fr) m, hurlement (fr) m
• German: lauter Ruf m, lauter Schrei m, Brüllen n
• Greek: κραυγή (el) f (kravgí)
• Ingrian: kiljahus, möry
• Italian: urlo (it) m, grido (it) m
• Persian: عربده (fa) ('arbade)
• Portuguese: grito (pt)
• Romanian: urlet (ro) n, țipăt (ro) n, strigăt (ro) n
• Russian: вскрик (ru) m (vskrik), вы́крик (ru) m (výkrik)
• Spanish: grito (es) m, vociferación f, voceo (es) m
• Swedish: rop (sv) n

by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention

• Dutch: gebrul (nl) n, gegil (nl) n, geschreeuw (nl), geroep (nl) n
• German: Zuruf (de) m, Bescheid (de) m
• Portuguese: toque (pt), lembrete (pt)
• Russian: о́клик (ru) m (óklik)

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, gripe

Synonyms

• shout
• See also Thesaurus:shout
• See also Thesaurus:complain

Derived terms

• holler at

 

Translations

to yell, shout

• Bulgarian: викам силно (vikam silno)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎯᎠ (adohia)
• Dutch: brullen (nl), roepen (nl), schreeuwen (nl)
• Finnish: huikata
• French: crier (fr), hurler (fr)
• Greek: κραυγάζω (el) (kravgázo)
• Italian: sbraitare (it), urlare (it)
• Ojibwe: biibaagi
• Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak), سسلنمك (seslenmek)
• Romanian: urla (ro)
• Russian: крича́ть (ru) impf (kričátʹ), кри́кнуть (ru) pf (kríknutʹ), вскри́кивать (ru) impf (vskríkivatʹ), вскри́кнуть (ru) pf (vskríknutʹ)
• Spanish: gritar (es), vociferar (es), vocear (es), gritonear (es)
• Swedish: hojta (sv)

to call out one or more words

• Dutch: brullen (nl), roepen (nl), uitroepen (nl), uitschreeuwen (nl)
• Spanish: gritar (es), vocear (es), vociferar (es), exclamar (es)
• Swedish: hojta (sv)

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

Synonyms

• loper m
• renner m

Adjective

holler

1. comparative degree of hol

Turkish

Noun

holler

1. nominative plural of hol