hillo

English

Interjection

hillo

1. Obsolete form of hello.
   • 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)

     But, hillo! here comes another questioner for you, my poor quest.

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     Why, hillo! Look here, now; this ain’t lucky! You’ve gone and cut this out of a Bible.

Verb

hillo (third-person singular simple present hillos or hilloes, present participle hilloing, simple past and past participle hilloed)

1. (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly at someone

Anagrams

• Holli

Finnish

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Etymology

hilla +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilːo/,
• Rhymes: -ilːo
• Syllabification^(key): hil‧lo

Noun

hillo

1. jam, (US) jelly
2. (slang) bread (money)

Declension

Synonyms

• (money): raha

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hillo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• holli