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halloo

[huh-loo] / həˈlu /


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Someone let out an halloo for Professor Murray.

From Time Magazine Archive

Boomers and howlers aplenty reverberated last week under western U. S. skies, advancing with gargantuan halloo on tinder-dry forests, wheat fields, grazing lands, defenceless towns.

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

The view halloo began when M.G.M. announced plans to picturize Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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

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

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

Seeing the pandemonium slacken, Teacher joins the spectacle, waves arms, shouts, yells, halloos, squeaks, bellows.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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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