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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Interjection
halloa
- A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.
Halloa! what's this?
1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man:"Halloa! Below there!" When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.
Verb
halloa (third-person singular simple present halloas, present participle halloaing, simple past and past participle halloaed)
- (intransitive) To utter an exclamation of "halloa".
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