hollered; hollering
ˈhä-lə-riŋ 
ˈhäl-riŋ
1
: to cry out (as to attract attention or in pain) : shout
hollering for help
: to call out (a word or phrase)
hollering her daughter's name
holler
3 of 3chiefly dialectal variant of hollow
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Examples of holler in a Sentence
Verb
He was hollering across the fields to his workers.
They were screaming and hollering at each other all night.
She hollered across the street, “Did you hear the news?”.
Someone was hollering my name.
People always holler about tax increases.
Noun
heard a holler from somewhere in the woods and ran toward it
there didn't seem to be a thermostat setting that wouldn't bring a holler from somebody
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
Cheers erupt at the news, and alone in an interrogation room, Curtis hollers to ask what’s going on.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
But the residents of the area’s tiny towns and hollers aren’t crows.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Verb
In 2022, Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion had a TIFF premiere in the exact same Princess of Wales Theater and had the audience hooting and very much hollering at everything from Kate Hudson’s costumes to shocker cameos from Stephen Sondheim and Angela Lansbury.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2024
Cheers erupt at the news, and alone in an interrogation room, Curtis hollers to ask what’s going on.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
Before factories closed, too, companies courted workers from the holler, who brought their values and customs with them.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
But the residents of the area’s tiny towns and hollers aren’t crows.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Holler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holler. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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