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单词 hollering
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holler

1 of 3

verb

hol·​ler ˈhä-lər How to pronounce holler (audio)
hollered; hollering ˈhäl-riŋ How to pronounce holler (audio)
ˈhä-lə-

intransitive verb

1
: to cry out (as to attract attention or in pain) : shout
hollering for help
2
: gripe, complain
will always holler about tax increases

transitive verb

: to call out (a word or phrase)
hollering her daughter's name

holler

2 of 3

noun

1
: shout, cry
give a holler if you need any help
2
: complaint
3
: an African American work song freely improvised usually in terms of the particular occupation of the moment and often without words
a cornfield holler

holler

3 of 3

chiefly dialectal variant of hollow

Synonyms

Verb

  • beef
  • bellyache
  • bitch
  • bleat
  • carp
  • caterwaul
  • complain
  • crab
  • croak
  • fuss
  • gripe
  • grizzle
  • grouch
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • grump
  • inveigh
  • keen
  • kick
  • kvetch
  • maunder [chiefly British]
  • moan
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • nag
  • repine
  • scream
  • squawk
  • squeal
  • wail
  • whimper
  • whine
  • whinge [British]
  • yammer
  • yawp
  • yaup
  • yowl

Noun

  • cry
  • hoot
  • howl
  • shout
  • whoop
  • yell
  • yowl
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Example Sentences

Verb He was hollering across the fields to his workers. They were screaming and hollering at each other all night. She hollered across the street, “Did you hear the news?”. Someone was hollering my name. People always holler about tax increases. Noun heard a holler from somewhere in the woods and ran toward it there didn't seem to be a thermostat setting that wouldn't bring a holler from somebody See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Meanwhile, Ken's in these streets, hanging out the passenger side of Barbie's Dream ride trying to holler at Skipper. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 13 July 2022 Her father’s colleagues would holler as much to tease her father as to celebrate her. Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 Kerrigan asks the audience, who hoot and holler in enthusiastic response. Audra Heinrichs, ELLE, 19 Feb. 2022 Derrick’s oft-absent mother comes out to holler, scattering the squid-throwing youth. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021 People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021 People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021 Dressed casually in sneakers and a blue pull-over with the Fordson logo, the current state representative from Dearborn speaks in a microphone heard on the stadium loudspeakers as people holler in support. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2021 People would hoot and holler at her and sometimes throw things. Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021
Noun
And both seem to be taking place deep in the holler, somewhere near a swampland and in outer space all at once. Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022 Polis recalled people being trapped in a holler until neighbors acted. Dianne Gallagher, Wesley Bruer And Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 6 Aug. 2022 Disney’s Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue is back, presenting its hoot and a holler style of entertainment after an absence of more than two years at Fort Wilderness. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2022 The parallels to America are clear, but Harris gives Sugarland its own ceremonies of remembrance and loss, including a semi-Pentecostal, funereal holler that made a holy terror announce itself in my body. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 No Way Home hits its hoot-and-holler beats about as skillfully as Endgame did. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021 Wasn’t a holler guy, didn’t throw stools in the clubhouse. Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021 The spectacle of it all might be the initial draw, but infectious, holler-along hooks invite audiences to join in the fun. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021 Next person who sees Kenny Stabler, give us a holler. Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

alteration of hollo

First Known Use

Verb

1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

holler 1 of 2

verb

hol·​ler ˈhä-lər How to pronounce holler (audio)
hollered; hollering
: to cry out : shout

holler

2 of 2

noun

: shout entry 2, cry

hollering

verb

present participle of holler
1
as in screaming
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • screaming
  • complaining
  • whining
  • muttering
  • moaning
  • growling
  • squealing
  • whimpering
  • squawking
  • grumbling
  • crying
  • kicking
  • bitching
  • wailing
  • yammering
  • caterwauling
  • murmuring
  • bellyaching
  • grousing
  • yowling
  • bleating
  • griping
  • kvetching
  • grizzling
  • yawping
  • worrying
  • nagging
  • carping
  • grouching
  • keening
  • beefing
  • inveighing
  • whinging
  • grumping
  • crabbing
  • protesting
  • fussing
  • repining
  • whingeing
  • croaking
  • maundering
  • sobbing
  • yauping
  • kicking up a stink
  • kicking up a fuss
  • blubbering
  • caviling
  • quibbling
  • stewing
  • fretting
  • lamenting
  • cavilling
  • quarrelling (with)
  • deploring
  • bewailing
  • quarreling (with)
  • bemoaning
  • objecting (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rejoicing
  • delighting
  • crowing
  • taking
  • accepting
  • tolerating
  • bearing
  • enduring
  • applauding
  • cheering
  • commending
  • countenancing
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2
as in yelling
to speak so as to be heard at a distance there's no need to holler; I'm in the next room

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • yelling
  • shouting
  • crying
  • screaming
  • calling
  • bellowing
  • bawling
  • roaring
  • vociferating
  • thundering
  • baying
  • hallooing
  • whooping
  • shrieking
  • screeching
  • sounding off
  • holloing
  • crowing
  • howling
  • squealing
  • wailing
  • shrilling
  • squeaking
  • caterwauling
  • yowling
  • ululating
  • hailing
  • yawping
  • speaking out
  • yauping
  • speaking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • whispering
  • muttering
  • breathing
  • murmuring
  • mumbling
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