Hal*loo" (?), n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eala, G. halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo, interj.]
A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
List! List! I hear
Some far off halloo break the silent air.
Milton.
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Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hallooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Halloing.]
To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
Country folks hallooed and hooted after me.
Sir P. Sidney.
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Hal*loo", v. t.
1.
To encourage with shouts.
Old John hallooes his hounds again.
Prior.
2.
To chase with shouts or outcries.
If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare.
Shak.
3.
To call or shout to; to hail.
Shak.
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Hal*loo", interj. [OE. halow. See Halloo, n.]
An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
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