holler
1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) (Freq. 1)
- his bellow filled the hallway
• Syn:
bellow, bellowing, holla, hollering, hollo,
holloa, roar, roaring, yowl
• Derivationally related forms:
yowl (for: yowl), roar (for: roaring), roar (for: roar), hollo (for: hollo), holler (for: hollering), bellow (for: bellowing), bellow (for: bellow)
• Hypernyms:
cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
2. a small valley between mountains
- he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
• Syn:
hollow
• Derivationally related forms:
hollow (for: hollow)
• Hypernyms:
valley, vale
• Hyponyms:
dell, dingle
1. shout out (Freq. 3)
- He hollered out to surrender our weapons
• Syn:
holler out
• Derivationally related forms:
hollering
• Hypernyms:
shout
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Sam and Sue holler
- They holler that there was a traffic accident
2. utter a sudden loud cry (Freq. 2)
- she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
- I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me
• Syn:
shout, shout out, cry, call, yell,
scream, hollo, squall
• See Also:
call out (for: call), cry out (for: cry)
• Derivationally related forms:
hollo (for: hollo), hollering, scream (for: scream), screamer (for: scream), screaming (for: scream), yell (for: yell), yelling (for: yell), call (for: call), cry (for: cry), shout (for: shout), shouting (for: shout)
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Hyponyms:
hollo, hurrah, halloo, whoop, shriek,
shrill, pipe up, pipe, howl, ululate, wail,
roar, yawl, yaup, squawk, screak, skreak,
skreigh, screech
• Verb Group:
call, exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry,
call out, shout
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. complain (Freq. 1)
- What was he hollering about?
• Syn:
gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef,
squawk, bellyache
• Derivationally related forms:
bellyacher (for: bellyache), squawk (for: squawk), squawker (for: squawk), beef (for: beef), crab (for: crab), gripe (for: gripe)
• Hypernyms:
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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