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n. - A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal).

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  • They sent up a "holloa" that rang through the trees.
  • "I can drive up after you as fast as I can; and if you find him you holloa to me."
  • I can't tell how long it was before I realised that, while And merrily we'll whoop and holloa!
  • The graceful manner of speaking is, particularly, what I shall always holloa in your ears, as Hotspur holloaed
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