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   halloo

   /həˈluː/

   exclamation

   • 1. used to incite dogs to the chase during a hunt.
   • ▪ used to attract someone's attention.

   noun

   • 1. a cry of ‘halloo’.

   verb

   • 1. cry or shout ‘halloo’ to attract attention or to give encouragement to dogs in hunting: "I hallooed in the hope that they might hear my shouts"
   • ▪ shout to (someone) to attract their attention: "he hallooed a number of men in sweatshirts"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: probably from the rare verb hallow ‘pursue or urge on with shouts’, from imitative Old French haloer.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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