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English
Interjection
hilloa
- Obsolete spelling of hello.
1883, Howard Pyle, “Robin Hood Compasseth the Marriage of Two True Lovers”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood , New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons , →OCLC, part fourth, page 146:"Hilloa, brother," quoth Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it.
1890, William Morris, chapter XXII, in News from Nowhere:As for Dick, he looked at her admiringly a while, and then said at last: "Well, Clara, I do wish we were there! But, hilloa! we are getting back way."
1847, James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest, chapter 32, in The String of Pearls:'Ah,' muttered Todd to himself, 'I like boys of a religious turn. They are much easier managed, for the imagination in such cases has been cultivated at the expense of the understanding. Hilloa, who have we here?'
Verb
hilloa (third-person singular simple present hilloas, present participle hilloaing, simple past and past participle hilloaed)
- (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly
1836, James White, The adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, Nights at mess, and other tales:I heard old Jenkins, scarcely recovered from the effects of his potations, hilloaing at the top of his voice for Julia
Finnish
Noun
hilloa
- partitive singular of hillo