holla

See also: hollá, hòlla, and höllä

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒlə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑlə/

Interjection

holla

  1. Alternative form of hollo
    • 1828, The Lairds of Fife, page 163:
      Holla, there! Holla, there, I say! What the devil are you about with my master's box-coat?

Verb

holla (third-person singular simple present hollas, present participle hollaing, simple past and past participle hollaed)

  1. Alternative form of hollo

Etymology 2

From holler.

Verb

holla (third-person singular simple present hollas, present participle hollaing, simple past and past participle hollaed)

  1. (colloquial) To shout out or greet casually.
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 206:
      School days went by. I ran across Sly a couple a times, but I wasn't in no mood to talk. He could save all that philosophical bullshit he liked to holla. Didn't nobody need to tell me what was up.
Derived terms

Interjection

holla

  1. (colloquial) what's up; a greeting
  2. (African-American Vernacular) used to express interest in a woman

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

holla

  1. h-prothesized form of olla
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