hollered; hollering
ˈhä-lə-riŋ 
ˈhäl-riŋ
1
: to cry out (as to attract attention or in pain) : shout
hollering for help
: to call out (a word or phrase)
hollering her daughter's name
holler
3 of 3chiefly dialectal variant of hollow
Examples of holler in a Sentence
Verb
He was hollering across the fields to his workers.
They were screaming and hollering at each other all night.
She hollered across the street, “Did you hear the news?”.
Someone was hollering my name.
People always holler about tax increases.
Noun
heard a holler from somewhere in the woods and ran toward it
there didn't seem to be a thermostat setting that wouldn't bring a holler from somebody
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
At one station, a guard hollered something in French and all the remaining passengers jumped off the train and squeezed into the front carriage.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
Read more 'So many hollers': Appalachia's remote terrain slows recovery from Helene
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—John Riley, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Someone from the South Toe Fire Department hollers his name.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 19 May 2025
At one station, a guard hollered something in French and all the remaining passengers jumped off the train and squeezed into the front carriage.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
Noun
The junior varsity squad’s booming cheers from the bleachers ignited the bench, who echoed every holler in a regular season matchup with a state quarterfinal feel.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 May 2025
Read more 'So many hollers': Appalachia's remote terrain slows recovery from Helene
Scroll down: There are more great stories below.
—John Riley, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for holler
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“Holler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holler. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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