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Meaning of HOLLER

Pronunciation:  'hâlur

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
  2. [n]  a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
  3. [v]  complain; "What was he hollering about?"
  4. [v]  utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
  5. [v]  shout out; "He hollered out to surrender our weapons"
 
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 Synonyms: beef, bellow, bellowing, bellyache, call, cry, gripe, grouse, holla, holler out, hollering, hollo, hollo, holloa, hollow, roar, roaring, scream, shout, shout out, squall, squawk, yell, yowl
 
 See Also: call, call out, complain, cry, cry out, dell, dingle, emit, exclaim, halloo, howl, hurrah, kick, kvetch, let loose, let out, outcry, outcry, pipe, pipe up, plain, quetch, roar, screak, screech, shout, shriek, shrill, skreak, skreigh, sound off, ululate, utter, vale, valley, vociferation, wail, whoop, yawl, yell

 

 

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 Related Terms: air a grievance, bark, battle cry, bawl, beef, beefing, bellow, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, boggle, boycott, call, call in question, caterwaul, challenge, cheer, clamor, complain, complaining, complaint, crab, croak, cry, cry out against, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, destructive criticism, dispute, dissent, enter a protest, expostulate, faultfinding, fret, fret and fume, fuss, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouch, grouse, grousing, growl, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hail, halloo, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, kick, kicking, lodge a complaint, march, murmur, murmuring, mutter, object, peeve, peevishness, pet peeve, petulance, picket, press objections, protest, querulousness, raise a howl, rally, rallying cry, register a complaint, remonstrate, roar, scolding, scream, screech, scruple, shout, shriek, sit in, sniping, squall, squawk, squawking, squeal, state a grievance, strike, take on, teach in, vociferate, war cry, war whoop, whining, whoop, yammer, yap, yapping, yawl, yawp, yell, yell bloody murder, yelp, yo-ho, yowl
 

 

 

 

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