halloo

== English == === Alternative forms === haloo (dated) === Etymology === From Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitative. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /həˈluː/, /hæˈluː/ Rhymes: -uː === Interjection === halloo Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention. Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers. === Noun === halloo (plural halloos) A shout of halloo. === Verb === halloo (third-person singular simple present halloos or hallooes, present participle hallooing, simple past and past participle hallooed) (intransitive) To shout halloo. (transitive) To encourage with shouts; to egg (someone) on. 1718, Matthew Prior, Alma, or, The Progress of the Mind, Canto 2, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: J. Tonson and J. Barber, Volume 2, p. 101,[6] Old JOHN halloo’s his hounds again: (transitive) To chase with shouts or outcries. (transitive) To call or shout to; to hail. (transitive) To shout (something). === Derived terms === === Related terms === hollo === See also === hello === Anagrams === holloa