HOLLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holler mean? 

• HOLLER (noun)
  The noun HOLLER has 2 senses:

1. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

2. a small valley between mountains

  Familiarity information: HOLLER used as a noun is rare.

• HOLLER (verb)
  The verb HOLLER has 3 senses:

1. shout out

2. utter a sudden loud cry

3. complain

  Familiarity information: HOLLER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; roar; roaring; yowl

Context example:

his bellow filled the hallway

Hypernyms ("holler" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

holler (utter a sudden loud cry)

holler (shout out)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small valley between mountains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

holler; hollow

Context example:

he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians

Hypernyms ("holler" is a kind of...):

vale; valley (a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "holler"):

dell; dingle (a small wooded hollow)

• HOLLER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they holler    ... he / she / it hollers   
Past simple: hollered   
Past participle: hollered   
-ing form: hollering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shout out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

holler; holler out

Context example:

He hollered out to surrender our weapons

Hypernyms (to "holler" is one way to...):

shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue holler
They holler that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

holler; hollering (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter a sudden loud cry

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell

Context example:

I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me

Hypernyms (to "holler" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Verb group:

call (utter in a loud voice or announce)

call out; cry; cry out; exclaim; outcry; shout (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "holler"):

hollo (cry hollo)

hurrah (shout 'hurrah!')

halloo (shout 'halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention)

whoop (shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm)

pipe; pipe up; shriek; shrill (utter a shrill cry)

howl; roar; ululate; wail; yaup; yawl (emit long loud cries)

screak; screech; skreak; skreigh; squawk (utter a harsh abrupt scream)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

holler; hollering (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Complain

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk

Context example:

What was he hollering about?

Hypernyms (to "holler" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Aye, that he did, observed another; now he raged, and now he hollered for the rum, and now he sang.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)