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halloo

[huh-loo] / həˈlu /


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William and his attractive wife, Jane, 24, organized the Wicomico Hunt Club, love to halloo after hounds across their fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Someone let out an halloo for Professor Murray.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scent of corruption growing stronger, the hounds of public conscience began to break loose with an increasing halloo.

From Time Magazine Archive

An ear-opener for listeners to whom the French horn is little more than an operatic halloo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suddenly his voice came floating back to them in a loud halloo!

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Time & again his visible audience burst into applause, cheers and halloos as if at a political rally.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over tilled hill and manicured dale they bounded with tally-hos, yoicks and view halloos, making life miserable not only for the fox, but for stolid farmers and their livestock.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to legend, King Charles IX of France was brought to his deathbed by his passion for sounding lung-lacerating halloos on the hunting horn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though Congress needed no encouraging yoicks, the press joined in with rousing view halloos.

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There was no point in yelling; the river was too noisy for his halloos to carry.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig



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