halloa
US/hæˈloʊ/
halloa interjection: a loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.
Interjection
- A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.
- Halloa! what's this?
- "Halloa! Below there!" When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man
Verb
halloa (third-person singular simple present halloas, present participle halloaing, simple past and past participle halloaed)
- To utter an exclamation of "halloa".
halloa meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
halloa in Tamil
- halloa, oh, hey - calling attention
- ஓ ō
halloa in Urdu
- متوجہ کرنا, تعجب کا اظہار
halloa in Bengali
- জোরে চিৎকার
Forms of halloa
| third-person singular present | halloas |
|---|---|
| present participle | halloaing |
| past participle | halloaed |
| past | halloaed |
Questions about halloa
- What does halloa mean?
- Halloa means a loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.
- What is halloa in Tamil?
- Halloa in Tamil is ஓ (ō). See Halloa meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is halloa?
- Halloa can be an interjection or a verb.
- How do you pronounce halloa?
- Halloa is pronounced /hæˈloʊ/ (US).
Words near halloa in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: halloa (page history and authors); ஓ (Tamil) (page history and authors); halloa (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); halloa (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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