hollered; hollering
ˈhäl-riŋ 
ˈhä-lə-
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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
By show’s end, the room is a few drinks deep and hollering about bacon.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Bissell hollered his compliments to the Talcott boys and, with his white hat, waved them to the front of the march.
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Video from the first show, in Melbourne, started whipping around the Internet—twelve thousand rapt fans hollering along to every word.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
With guns drawn, a team of SWAT team officers entered the room and hollered instructions.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024
An total audience of more than 90,000 will hoot and holler for Garth Brooks as the country music star plays, count ’em, six shows at Sleep Train Arena.
—Chris MacIas and Tim Swanson, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
So of course all 300 of these middle-aged women are hooting and hollering and carrying on.
—Christian D'andrea, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024
Theo had to admit that, in the two years since Roger had come along, Jane barely hollered or whipped her anymore.
—Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
Mid-set, the drummer throws a load of laundry in the dryer behind him as the crowd hollers.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
My mother grew up in Appalachia, and in the 1960s social workers from the federal Vista program came to the hollers to teach families how to bake bread.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
The contestants impressed the coaches with their obvious talent, and earned a few hollers with a smoking hot conclusion.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2024
Standing before the seven member Cannabis Control Board, hoops and hollers, tears punctuated the meeting.
—Wesley Parnell, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
The crowd hollers, shaking the wooden pillars, threatening to bring down the entire coliseum.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
There was the buzz of girls gossiping, the hoots and hollers of prize-winning kids.
—Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
For every 30-minute skin up the 7,000-foot-high glacier, I was rewarded with a cruise-y, five-minute descent in fresh powder and a chorus of my own hoots and hollers reverberating off the icy peaks.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
Verb
This hooting and hollering and applauding and the oohs and the ahs.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
By show’s end, the room is a few drinks deep and hollering about bacon.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Bissell hollered his compliments to the Talcott boys and, with his white hat, waved them to the front of the march.
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Video from the first show, in Melbourne, started whipping around the Internet—twelve thousand rapt fans hollering along to every word.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
With guns drawn, a team of SWAT team officers entered the room and hollered instructions.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2024
An total audience of more than 90,000 will hoot and holler for Garth Brooks as the country music star plays, count ’em, six shows at Sleep Train Arena.
—Chris MacIas and Tim Swanson, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
So of course all 300 of these middle-aged women are hooting and hollering and carrying on.
—Christian D'andrea, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024
Theo had to admit that, in the two years since Roger had come along, Jane barely hollered or whipped her anymore.
—Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Noun
Chefs in cities far from the quiet hollers where they're harvested seek out these humble plants for a splashy restaurant presentation.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
Mid-set, the drummer throws a load of laundry in the dryer behind him as the crowd hollers.
—Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
My mother grew up in Appalachia, and in the 1960s social workers from the federal Vista program came to the hollers to teach families how to bake bread.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
The contestants impressed the coaches with their obvious talent, and earned a few hollers with a smoking hot conclusion.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2024
Standing before the seven member Cannabis Control Board, hoops and hollers, tears punctuated the meeting.
—Wesley Parnell, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
The crowd hollers, shaking the wooden pillars, threatening to bring down the entire coliseum.
—Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
There was the buzz of girls gossiping, the hoots and hollers of prize-winning kids.
—Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
For every 30-minute skin up the 7,000-foot-high glacier, I was rewarded with a cruise-y, five-minute descent in fresh powder and a chorus of my own hoots and hollers reverberating off the icy peaks.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
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“Holler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holler. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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