See also: hollá, hòlla, and höllä

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Interjection

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holla

  1. Alternative form of hollo
    • 1828, The Lairds of Fife, page 163:
      Holla, there! Holla, there, I say! What the devil are you about with my master's box-coat?

Verb

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holla (third-person singular simple present hollas, present participle hollaing, simple past and past participle hollaed)

  1. Alternative form of hollo

Etymology 2

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From holler.

Verb

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holla (third-person singular simple present hollas, present participle hollaing, simple past and past participle hollaed)

  1. (colloquial) To shout out or greet casually.
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 206:
      School days went by. I ran across Sly a couple a times, but I wasn't in no mood to talk. He could save all that philosophical bullshit he liked to holla. Didn't nobody need to tell me what was up.
Derived terms
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Interjection

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holla

  1. (colloquial) what's up; a greeting
  2. (African-American Vernacular) used to express interest in a woman

Anagrams

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Irish

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Noun

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holla

  1. h-prothesized form of olla