hilloa

English

Interjection

hilloa

  1. Obsolete spelling of hello
    • 1890, William Morris, chapter XXII, in News from Nowhere‎:
      As for Dick, he looked at her admiringly a while, and then said at last: "Well, Clara, I do wish we were there! But, hilloa! we are getting back way."
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter XIII, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood‎:
      "Hilloa, brother," quoth Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it.
    • 1847, James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest, chapter 32, in The String of Pearls‎:
      'Ah,' muttered Todd to himself, 'I like boys of a religious turn. They are much easier managed, for the imagination in such cases has been cultivated at the expense of the understanding. Hilloa, who have we here?'

Verb

hilloa (third-person singular simple present hilloas, present participle hilloaing, simple past and past participle hilloaed)

  1. (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly
    • 1836, James White, The adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, Nights at mess, and other tales
      I heard old Jenkins, scarcely recovered from the effects of his potations, hilloaing at the top of his voice for Julia
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