Hollering
/ˈhɑːlərɪŋ/noun
Calling out loudly; shouting.
Did you know?The word is tied to a long history of loud calling and may echo older sound-symbolic cry-words in Germanic speech, where the mouth itself becomes a signal flare.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
hollering
“shouting loudly or calling out”
19th Century
English
holler
“to shout or cry out loudly”
Early Modern English
English
hollour / hollo
“a cry used to attract attention or urge on”
Middle English
English
hollen / holen
“to shout, call, or cry out”
Old French
French
holer / huler
“to shout, cry out, or howl”
Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*hulōną / *huljaną
“to cry out, howl, or call”
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