Definitions for: Halloo


[n] a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him"
[v] shout"halloo"
[v] urge on with shouts, of dogs in a hunt



Webster (1913) Definition: Hal*loo", n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eal[=a], G.
halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.]
A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a
person or an animal; a shout.

List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent
air. --Milton.


Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Halloing.]
To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a
person, as by the word halloo.

Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. --Sir P.
Sidney.


Hal*loo", v. t.
1. To encourage with shouts.

Old John hallooes his hounds again. --Prior.

2. To chase with shouts or outcries.

If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare. --Shak.

3. To call or shout to; to hail. --Shak.


Hal*loo", interj. [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.]
An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.

See Also: call, call, cry, cry, egg on, holler, hollo, incite, outcry, prod, scream, shout, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell, yell

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