hilloa

English

Interjection

hilloa

1. Obsolete spelling of hello.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, “Robin Hood Compasseth the Marriage of Two True Lovers”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part fourth, page 146:

     "Hilloa, brother," quoth [Friar] Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it.

   • 1890, William Morris, chapter XXII, in News from Nowhere‎^[1]:

     As for Dick, he looked at her admiringly a while, and then said at last: "Well, Clara, I do wish we were there! But, hilloa! we are getting back way."

   • 1847, James Malcolm Rymer, Thomas Peckett Prest, chapter 32, in The String of Pearls‎^[2]:

     'Ah,' muttered Todd to himself, 'I like boys of a religious turn. They are much easier managed, for the imagination in such cases has been cultivated at the expense of the understanding. Hilloa, who have we here?'

Verb

hilloa (third-person singular simple present hilloas, present participle hilloaing, simple past and past participle hilloaed)

1. (obsolete) To holler, shout loudly
   • 1836, James White, The adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin, Nights at mess, and other tales:

     I heard old Jenkins, scarcely recovered from the effects of his potations, hilloaing at the top of his voice for Julia

Finnish

Noun

hilloa

1. partitive singular of hillo