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hillo

hillo is the obsolete form of hello.

Meaning of hello

Interjection

  1. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
    • Hello, everyone.
  2. A greeting used when answering the telephone.
    • Hello? How may I help you?
  3. A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
    • Hello? Is anyone there?
  4. (colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious.
    • You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello?
  5. (UK) An expression of puzzlement or discovery.
    • Hello! What’s going on here?

See all 7 meanings of hello

Verb

hillo (third-person singular simple present hillos or hilloes, present participle hilloing, simple past and past participle hilloed)

  1. (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly at someone

Forms of hillo

third-person singular presenthillos
third-person singular presenthilloes
present participlehilloing
past participlehilloed
pasthilloed

Questions about hillo

What does hillo mean?
Hillo means to holler, shout loudly at someone.
What is hillo the obsolete form of?
Hillo is the obsolete form of hello.
What part of speech is hillo?
Hillo is a verb.
What is the past tense of hillo?
The past tense of hillo is hilloed.

Words near hillo in the dictionary

  1. Hillmanns
  2. hillmen
  3. Hillmer
  4. Hillmers
  5. Hillmorton
  6. hillo
  7. hilloa
  8. hilloaed
  9. hilloaing
  10. hilloas
  11. hilloc

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hillo (page history and authors); hello (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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