Verb: holler hó-lu(r)
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Shout out
"He hollered out to surrender our weapons";
- holler out [informal]
- Utter a sudden loud cry
"she hollered with pain when the doctor inserted the needle";
- shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, hollo [non-standard], squall
- Complain
"What was he hollering about?";
- gripe, bitch [informal], grouse, crab [informal], beef [informal], squawk, bellyache [informal]
Usage: informal
- A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
"A holler of triumph echoed through the stadium";
- bellow, bellowing, holla [archaic], hollering [informal], hollo [non-standard], holloa [rare], roar, roaring, yowl
- A small valley between mountains
"he built himself a cabin in a holler high up in the Appalachians";
- hollow
Derived forms: hollered, hollers, hollering
Type of: call, complain, cry, emit, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], let loose, let out, moan, outcry, plain [archaic], shout, sound off, utter, vale, valley, vociferation, yell
Encyclopedia: Holler, Luxembourg