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Meaning of "halloo" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HALLOO

Perhaps variant of hallow to encourage hounds by shouting.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HALLOO

həˈluː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALLOO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Halloo is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb halloo in English.

WHAT DOES HALLOO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hello

Hello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is attested in writing as early as the 1860s.

Definition of halloo in the English dictionary

The first definition of halloo in the dictionary is a shout to attract attention, esp to call hounds at a hunt. Other definition of halloo is a shout of "halloo". Halloo is also to shout to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HALLOO

PRESENT

Present
I halloo
you halloo
he/she/it hallooes
we halloo
you halloo
they halloo
Present continuous
I am hallooing
you are hallooing
he/she/it is hallooing
we are hallooing
you are hallooing
they are hallooing
Present perfect
I have hallooed
you have hallooed
he/she/it has hallooed
we have hallooed
you have hallooed
they have hallooed
Present perfect continuous
I have been hallooing
you have been hallooing
he/she/it has been hallooing
we have been hallooing
you have been hallooing
they have been hallooing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hallooed
you hallooed
he/she/it hallooed
we hallooed
you hallooed
they hallooed
Past continuous
I was hallooing
you were hallooing
he/she/it was hallooing
we were hallooing
you were hallooing
they were hallooing
Past perfect
I had hallooed
you had hallooed
he/she/it had hallooed
we had hallooed
you had hallooed
they had hallooed
Past perfect continuous
I had been hallooing
you had been hallooing
he/she/it had been hallooing
we had been hallooing
you had been hallooing
they had been hallooing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will halloo
you will halloo
he/she/it will halloo
we will halloo
you will halloo
they will halloo
Future continuous
I will be hallooing
you will be hallooing
he/she/it will be hallooing
we will be hallooing
you will be hallooing
they will be hallooing
Future perfect
I will have hallooed
you will have hallooed
he/she/it will have hallooed
we will have hallooed
you will have hallooed
they will have hallooed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hallooing
you will have been hallooing
he/she/it will have been hallooing
we will have been hallooing
you will have been hallooing
they will have been hallooing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would halloo
you would halloo
he/she/it would halloo
we would halloo
you would halloo
they would halloo
Conditional continuous
I would be hallooing
you would be hallooing
he/she/it would be hallooing
we would be hallooing
you would be hallooing
they would be hallooing
Conditional perfect
I would have halloo
you would have halloo
he/she/it would have halloo
we would have halloo
you would have halloo
they would have halloo
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hallooing
you would have been hallooing
he/she/it would have been hallooing
we would have been hallooing
you would have been hallooing
they would have been hallooing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you halloo
we let´s halloo
you halloo
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to halloo
Past participle
hallooed
Present Participle
hallooing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HALLOO

alew · aloo · baloo · callaloo · hullaballoo · hullabaloo · Kinabalu · Port-Salut · salue · Shluh · tolu · toodle-oo · trous-de-loup · Tuvalu · vindaloo · Waterloo

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALLOO

hallelujah · Haller · Halley · Halley´s Comet · halliard · halling · hallion · hallmark · hallo · halloa · hallot · halloumi · hallow · hallowed · hallowedness · Halloween · hallower · Hallowmas · Hallowmass · halloysite

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALLOO

agloo · calaloo · gardyloo · igloo · lanterloo · loo · mooloo · Portaloo · superloo · twigloo · Venloo · view halloo

Synonyms and antonyms of halloo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HALLOO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «halloo» and belong to the same grammatical category.
call · cry · hail · shout

Translation of «halloo» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HALLOO

Find out the translation of halloo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of halloo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «halloo» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

高呼
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

halloo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

halloo
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

halloo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نادى بصوت عالى
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Halloo
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

halloo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হৈচৈ তোলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

huer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Halloo
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Halloruf
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

halloo
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

큰소리를 쳐서 추기다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

A
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếng kêu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

halloo
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हू
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

alo
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

hallalì
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

halloo
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Halloo
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Halloo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

halloo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

halloo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halloo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halloo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of halloo

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALLOO»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of halloo
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about halloo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALLOO»

Discover the use of halloo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to halloo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An encyclopaedia of rural sports: or a complete account, ...
A valuable authority on this subject observes, " If a halloo is heard at a distance by the whipper-in, and neither the huntsman nor hounds hear it when at a check, he, the whipper-in, had better get half way between the halloo and the hounds, ...
Delabere Pritchett Blaine, 1870
2
Coke and Birc[h].: The Paper War, Carried on at the ...
Halloo, halloo, halloo, $c. No bribes or threats will ought avail with you my worthy hearties, Nor Parson W 's sophistry, which equals Bonaparte's ; For well you- know the sterling worth of Britain's Constitution, 0 ! guard it with your dearest lives , ...
‎1803
3
The Sportsman's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine
Hounds should never be taken off to a halloo, if they are running with a good scent ; but if otherwise, and the halloo can be depended on, it may be advisable to lift or take the hounds to the spot, particularly if the fox is a great way before them, ...
‎1833
4
Coke and Birch. The paper war carried on at the Nottingham ...
And something said of Liberty both Civil and Religious ; But Britons, warn'd by others fall, reject the Circean cup, Sir, They know its dire ingredients, and will not drink a sup, Sir- Halloo, halloo, halloo, fyc* No bribes or threats will ought avail ...
Daniel Parker Coke, William Harrod, 1804
5
The Indian Pass
Halloo ! " The sound was wild and fearful. " Halloo ! " again repeated. " Some wanderer in the woods : answer, guide ! " " Halloo ! " shouted the lad. " Halloo, halloo, halloo I " coming nearer and nearer. " Halloo ! " again, — this time scarce a rod ...
Alfred Billings Street, 1869
6
The Sportsmen's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine: A ...
Hounds should never be taken off to a halloo, if they are running with a good scent ; but if otherwise, and the halloo can be depended on, it may be advisable to lift or take the hounds to the spot, particularly if the fox is a great way before them, ...
Thomas Burgeland Johnson, 1833
7
The Rotarian
"Halloo, there!" the voice said. "Anybody around here that needs cheering up?" I never saw that man and he never saw me. A whole week we lay within a few yards of each other, wrapped in a damp wool pack that made the stem of my little  ...
8
Sporting Magazine
Now let your huntsman throw in his hounds as quietly as he can, and let the two whippers-in keep wide 1 of him on either hand, so that a single hound may not escape them ; let them be attentive to his halloo, and be ready to encourage, ...
‎1803
9
The Literary Journal, and Weekly Register of Science and the ...
HALLOO, MY F A N C I E. This curious lyric has been published anonymously in several of the early collections of old English poetry. Lieut. Colonel Cleland, of the Cameronian regiment, who fell in the battle of Dunkeld, wrote a volume of ...
Albert Gorton Greene, 1834
10
Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series ...
He let me loose, and cried Halloo To him alone the praise is due. FAMINE. Thanks, sister, thanks ! the men have bled, Their wives and their children faint for bread. I stood in a swampy field of battle j With bones and sculls I made a rattle, ...
John Aikin, John Frost, 1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALLOO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term halloo is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Melanie McDonagh: View halloo: the cynicism of Scot Nats and …
Twenty hens. Ten ducks. Of the 40 hens and 27 ducks my friend Gertie in Ireland used to have, she's now left with 20 and 17 of each — and it's ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
Local Literary Reading Hosts Award Winning Authors
Lorts' poetry have appeared in several literary magazines including Arsenic Lobster, Fishtrap, High Desert Journal and Haggard & Halloo. «GoLocalPDX, Jul 15»
3
'Married At First Sight' 2015 Star Hasn't Watched A Full Season 2 …
Halloo... Guys... I want to know more about Married at first sight, but I don't know to joint it? and where can I get a application, please tell me and ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
4
'Sherlock' Spoilers: What Is The Significance Of The Year 1895 In …
Attuned to catch the distant view-halloo: England is England yet, for all our fears— Only those things the heart believes are true. A yellow fog ... «Fashion & Style, Apr 15»
5
The Night Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated
Halloo, Dana!” Lincoln greeted him. “What's up?” Dana described the situation, explaining that Stanton wanted to arrest Thompson but thought ... «Smithsonian, Apr 15»
6
Eleanor Marx: Daughter of the Revolution
She comes across as highly gifted but anarchic, a Pippi Longstocking forerunner, who addresses her father with a “Halloo, old boy” and insists ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
7
'A Story in Motion'
... and Jimmy Linenberger (stage name “Sprout”) and June VaVoom, owner of the performance troupe “A View Halloo Burlesk & Cabaret.” «Morning Star, Feb 15»
8
The Diary: Top 12 scandals of 2014
... an affable chap who... put Miley on the phone! "Hallooo. Hallooo. Who is this?" came the nasal twang on the other end of the phone. "Halloo ... «New Zealand Herald, Jan 15»
9
Kitzhaber crisis week forecasts ugly 2015
Butt, that simply affirms there's a blithering plethora of lemmings in lockstep with PAC'd 'orgasmizations linking twisted arms: Hello or halloo, ... «Oregon Catalyst, Dec 14»
10
Nature Journal: Cherokee legends on wild turkey habits
“I'll stand on this hollow log, and when I give the signal by tapping on it, you must halloo as loudly as you can,” instructed the grouse. But, alas ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Nov 14»
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