holler
Plural: hollers
Noun
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
- a small valley between mountains
- A yell, shout.
- Any communication to get somebody's attention.
- A field holler.
- Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).
Verb
Verb Forms: hollered, hollering, hollers
- To shout or yell loudly.
- shout out
- "He hollered out to surrender our weapons"
- utter a sudden loud cry
- complain
- "What was he hollering about?"
- To yell or shout.
- To call out one or more words.
- To complain, to gripe.
Adj
- Alternative form of hollow.
Examples
- I heard a holler from over the fence.
- If you need anything, just give me a holler.
- She suppressed the urge to holler when her opponent played an unexpected bingo.
- You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
Origin / Etymology
American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.
Synonyms
beef, bellow, bellowing, bellyache, bitch, call, crab, cry, gripe, grouse, holla, holler out, hollering, hollo, holloa, hollow, roar, roaring, scream, shout, shout out, squall, squawk, yell, yowl, howl, hurl, outcry
Scrabble Score: 9
holler: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordholler: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
holler: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary