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holla back

holla back noun: a holler back; a reply.

Noun

holla back (countable and uncountable, plural holla backs)

  1. (informal) A holler back; a reply.
  2. (informal) An echo of voices, much like the response of a crowd to a cheerleader.
  3. (informal, uncountable) Feedback.

Verb

holla back (third-person singular simple present hollas back, present participle hollaing back, simple past and past participle hollaed back)

  1. (informal, African-American Vernacular) To reply.
    • “Earth to Kimi, holla back,” Yvonne taunts after I miss another easy serve.2008, Sandra Foy, This Life Isn't Perfect Holla, →ISBN
    • When depression or breakdown is hollerin' at you . . . . holla back. When temptation or weakness is hollerin' at you . . . . holla back.2012, Vanessa Clark, Essential Encouragement: Poetry with a Purpose, →ISBN, page 71
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To make or respond to romantic or sexual overtures.
    • I have a goatee, moustache, and medium thick eyebrows. Here to meet some cool peeps so Holla back at your Boy.2003, Qvmagazine - Volume 6, Issues 1-2
    • So holla back at me beautiful sista girl Let this chocolate lover into your chocolate world2007, Eldon M. Thomas, Poems by E Presents from the Light to the Darkness and Back to Life, page 1434324362
  3. (informal, African-American Vernacular) To contact again at a later time.
    • Holla back when you get outta church. just got ya message, i saw it when it popped up.2006, Sexton Classford, The Reading: What You Knew You Didn't Know, →ISBN, page 30
    • I feel ya man, go set her straight on Cally and holla back at me.2009, Adriana Jai Wynn-Yeldell, Climbing Trees and Hiding in the Bushes, →ISBN, page 338

Examples of holla back in a sentence

  • “Anyway,” She grabbed his dick through his black silk boxers, “I'll holla back big man."2009, Ian J. Findlay, Saunie Brown, Women: The New Doggs, →ISBN:
  • You don't break up with me then try to holla back at me.2010, M. L. Matthews, I Am Not the Father: Narratives of Men Falsely Accused of Paternity, →ISBN, page 78:
  • “Alright I'll do that and holla back on Monday with the 411.2010, Tamika Davis, If I Knew Back Then What I Know Now, →ISBN, page 39:
  • I'll holla back at you later, he wrote, ending our conversation.2012, Earl Sewell, Back To Me, →ISBN:

Forms of holla back

Noun
pluralholla backs
alternative formholler back
Verb
third-person singular presenthollas back
present participlehollaing back
past participlehollaed back
pasthollaed back

Questions about holla back

What does holla back mean?
Holla back means a holler back; a reply.
How do you use holla back in a sentence?
“Anyway,” She grabbed his dick through his black silk boxers, “I'll holla back big man."
What part of speech is holla back?
Holla back can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of holla back?
The plural of holla back is holla backs.

Words near holla back in the dictionary

  1. Holkomelem
  2. holks
  3. Holl
  4. holla
  5. holla at
  6. holla back
  7. holla backs
  8. holla'd
  9. holla'd at
  10. hollaback
  11. hollaback girl

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