halloo
To shout hallooTo shout halloo.
» Never halloo till you are out of the woods.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To shout halloo.
shout ‘halloo’, as when greeting someone or attracting attention
(transitive)To encourage with shouts; to egg (someone) on.
1718, Matthew Prior, Alma, or, The Progress of the Mind, Canto 2, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: J. Tonson and J. Barber, Volume 2, p. 101, Old JOHN halloo’s his hounds again:
urge on with shouts
(transitive)To chase with shouts or outcries.
(transitive)To call or shout to; to hail.
(transitive)To shout (something).
Examples
2 sentencesNever halloo till you are out of the woods.
In the morning Bucklaw rushed into his host's apartment with a loud halloo, which might have awaked the dead.
Origin
From Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitativeFrom Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitative.
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Forms
halloos, hallooing, hallooed, hallooedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle