| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Halloo.[Websters]
2. To be squalled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have shouted, screamed, hooted, clamoured or bellowed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have cried or bawled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have yelled or shrieked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have called or summonsed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have hollered, roared or blustered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb halloo.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (halloo) | 1. Urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt".[Wordnet]. 2. Shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.[Wordnet]. 3. To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.[Websters]. 4. To encourage with shouts.[Websters]. 5. To chase with shouts or outcries.[Websters]. 6. To call or shout to; to hail.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: hallooing, hallooed, halloos, hallooer, hallooers, hallooingly and hallooedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HALLOOED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
Specialty Definition: halloo
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to by name, or by the word halloo. Country folks hallooed and hooted after me.. | 2: [Verb] To encourage with shouts. Old John hallooes his hounds again.. | 3: [Verb] To chase with shouts.. | 4: [Verb] To call or shout to. [This verb is regular, and pronounced with the accent on the first syllable.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Interjection] Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers. (references) | 2: [Interjection] Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention. (references) | 3: [Noun] A shout of halloo. (references) | 4: [Verb] To shout halloo. (references) |
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Common Expressions: halloo
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| View halloo | The shout uttered by a hunter upon seeing the fox break cover. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: halloo
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Halloo when out of the Wood | Literature | Or Never halloo till you are out of the wood. Never think you are safe from the attacks of robbers till you are out of the forest. "Call no man happy till he is dead." "Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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