to holler
100
8.0
- verb
- /ˈhɑːlər/
- Informal
- But he came here, hollered at me, and asked me how I was doing.
- holler about someone
- want to holler
- start hollering
Examples
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My mother always used to holler down the stairs.
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Last night he had hollered at his wife, Pat, for no reason and then burst into tears.
Fiction book (1999) -
And I holler down at him, is it your intention to mock everything that you respect?
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I'm not accustomed to having people holler at me like this.
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Now everyone's hollering about young people today.
Fiction book (2002) -
As I walked in, he drove off, hollering twice that he'd be back to get me for a beer.
Fiction book (1990) -
We hollerin' 'bout the schools, the welfare, the police, the court system, and it ain't that tall.
Fiction book (1994) -
Damnit, Thelma, don't holler like that!
Fiction book (1991) -
"I hope you know what you're doing, hunk!" she hollered.
Fiction book (1994) -
I heard him holler for help when he fell off the bike.
Synonyms
124
8.1
To complain a lot in an annoying way
25
5.6
To complain repeatedly about small things
20
3.6
To shout loudly to show anger or excitement
14
7.4
To complain about small unimportant things
13
6.0
To complain loudly in a way that annoys other people
9
6.8
To complain a lot in an annoying way
6
8.4
To complain in an angry way about something
2
7.3
To complain in a small, repeated way
1
9.9
Make a loud, rough sound like a shout to show anger or complaint
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Loud
- Informal
72
4.8
- Informal
100
8.0
383
3.2
∞
1.0
46
3.7
136
3.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word holler meaning to complain loudly is the same as the shout meaning and is like a loud 'yell' or protest. So when someone hollers about something, they are loudly complaining or protesting.