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holler

nounverbnounadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈhɒlə//
  • United States//ˈhɑlɚ//
  • Canada//ˈhɒlɚ//
  • Australia//ˈhɔlə//
  • New Zealand//ˈhɒlə//

A yell, shout.

noun

  1. 1

    A yell, shout.

    I heard a holler from over the fence.

    Listen! Listen to the holler! If I write a book, it will be called "Life and How To Live It."

  2. 2

    Any communication to get somebody's attention.

    If you need anything, just give me a holler.

  3. 3

    A field holler.

Etymology

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

verb

  1. 1

    To yell or shout.

    You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.

    “Immigrants are welcome here,” the crowd hollered. “Refugees belong here.”

  2. 2

    To call out one or more words.

  3. 3

    To complain, to gripe.

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of hollowAlternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).

Etymology

Variation of hollow.

adjective

  1. 1

    Variant of hollowAlternative form of hollow.

    the holler tree

Forms

plural
hollers
past tense
hollered
past participle
hollered
present participle
hollering
third person singular
hollers
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).