HOLLOING Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

holloing

verb

variants or hallooing

present participle of hollo

as in shouting

to speak so as to be heard at a distance far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child

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When the surveillance footage resumes about an hour later, a man can be heard shouting, but the words are unintelligible, and a vehicle horn sounds.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026
But don’t expect those insiders to be put into partisan panels for a few minutes of shouting.

— Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of shouting

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Rookie Spencer Jones scored on the balk after getting an RBI triple and Sale began fiercely yelling at Merzel before manager Walt Weiss continued the argument and was ejected.

— Larry Fleisher, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Simpson told a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer that a large man began yelling at his 18-year-old son, Conrad.

— Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of yelling

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Common signs include clinginess, crying at drop-off and difficulty separating in the morning.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
There is no image that captures my experience of drafting a novel better than a woman crying over her inability to spin straw into gold.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of crying

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Reuters/Juan David Duque At the airport in Pereira, videos showed pieces of ceiling falling down on travelers taking shelter and screaming, and people running through rubble in a panic.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
In Pereira, further south in the coffee-producing mountains of Colombia, photos and videos on local media showed pieces of the airport ceiling falling onto travelers taking shelter and screaming.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

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