Meaning

3 senses

  1. A yell, shout.

    I heard a holler from over the fence.

    lauter Ruf, lauter Schrei, Brüllen

    вскрикvskrik, вы́крикvýkrik

  2. (broadly, colloquial)Any communication to get somebody's attention.

    If you need anything, just give me a holler.

    Zuruf, Bescheid

    о́кликóklik

  3. A field holler.

More definitions
  • a small valley between mountains
  • a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Examples

10 sentences

  1. Tom hollered at Mary.

    Том закричав на Мері. — deniko

    ruТом накричал на Мэри. — marafon

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  2. Tom hollered back to Mary that he was OK.

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  3. Tom hollered to Mary who was on the other side of the creek.

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  4. Give me a holler.

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  5. If you need anything, just give me a holler.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
a yell, shout:
by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a yell, shout:
by extension, any communication to get somebody's attention:

Origin

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

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Forms

plural: hollers
Singularholler
Pluralhollers

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
cryA1screamA2shoutA2holleringoutcryhowlhurl
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
holidaysholinessholistichollowB2

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