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holler

[hol-er] / ˈhɒl ər /


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She calls cows to breakfast with a holler, extemporizes on the Bible in full paragraphs and keeps a collection of high-vibration crystals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

During Idioteque, guitarist Ed O'Brien catches him mid-transit, and they holler the lyrics directly to one another.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

High school, college, med school, it’s all the same: You dress up, get there early, sweat in the sunshine, and holler like hell when the grad’s name gets called.

From Slate ● May 27, 2025

“I’m baking, but I’m almost done. Give me a holler when you need me,” she said.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

Field hollers, blues, ballads, spirituals, game songs, cowboy songs: these are among folk music’s many familiar forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But us football fans must recognize that not everyone hoots and hollers for the conversion on a long third down or a legendary pick six.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025

There were heartening hollers, dramatic dashes when chances were created and applause for the application of her players throughout.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

I have seen the first 90ish minutes of “Titanic” dozens of times, and as soon as that panicked sailor hollers “iceberg, right ahead!” off it goes.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

There were hoops and hollers from children and growned folks both, screams that had you thinking someone was looking death right in the throat but that quick turned to laughs that were kind of ’shamed-sounding.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

Spivey hollered at Boyd to stop following him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

Todd whooped and hollered, in no small part because he had bet a Dodgers employee that his buddy would go deep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had hollered a similar message in a warmup speech to the senior officers.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025

And right then and there, I stood up and hollered the name of my mountain.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Last year, “The Minecraft Movie” had children hollering in theaters but few stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

“We’re hopping and hollering in our living rooms,” Michael said, “but it’s nothing like being in person.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

They finished the set with that song, naturally, assisted by Red Arrows flypast; and Sunday night headliner Olivia Rodrigo hollering the lyrics from her boyfriend's shoulders.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

Because December 2006's goal of the month contest was powerful stuff; a 100%-proof cocktail of hollering commentators and screaming shots as semtex insteps hit the ball with gleeful abandon.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

And with that, High John the Conqueror soared into the sky on his giant crow, hooting and hollering as he cut through smoke and flame to confront the swarm of brand flies racing toward us.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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