2 entries under this word

Hollo

Hōl'lo or Hōl'loa, interj. & n.

interjectionnoun

(Synop., § 130), interj. & n. [Fr. holà, from hō and là, there, from Lat. illāc, that way, there; It., Sp., & Pg. olà, Ger. holla and hollā.] Hey; ho; attend; here; — it is the usual response when a ship is hailed at sea.

And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo. Coleridge.

Hŏl'lo, v. i.

verbintransitive

(hŏl'lo, or hol-lō'), v. i. [See supra, and cf. HALLOO.] To call out or exclaim; to halloo.