holla

See also: hollá, hòlla, and höllä

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

• holla at
• holla back

Interjection

holla

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

Anagrams

• hallo

Irish

Noun

holla

1. h-prothesized form of olla