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Noun holler has 2 senses
- bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl - a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
--1 is a kind of cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation
- hollow, holler - a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians"
--2 is a kind of valley, vale
--2 has particulars: dell, dingle
Verb holler has 3 senses
- holler, holler out - shout out; "He hollered out to surrender our weapons"
--1 is one way to shout
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue holler
They holler that there was a traffic accident
- shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
--2 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler - complain; "What was he hollering about?"
--3 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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