halloo

halloo is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
2. intransitive verb. To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
3. transitive verb. To encourage with shouts.
4. transitive verb. To chase with shouts or outcries.
5. transitive verb. To call or shout to; to hail.
6. noun. An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
7. noun. a shout to attract attention

   "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him"

8. verb. shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention
9. verb. urge on with shouts

   "halloo the dogs in a hunt"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in halloo:

holloa

Common word forms

halloos, hallooed, hallooing

Words from these letters

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