ho-llerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈhɑ.lɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈhɒl.ə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɒlə(ɹ)
• Homophone: hauler (cot–caught merger)

語源 1

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

名詞

holler (plural hollers)

1. A yell, shout.

   I heard a holler from over the fence.

   • 1985 June 10, R.E.M., “Life and How to Live It”, in Fables of the Reconstruction:

     Listen! Listen to the holler!
     If I write a book, it will be called "Life and How To Live It."

2. (by extension, colloquial) Any communication to get somebody's attention.

   If you need anything, just give me a holler.

3. (music) A field holler.

同意語

• hollering
• cry, outcry
• howl
• hurl
• scream
• shout

派生語

動詞

holler (third-person singular simple present hollers, present participle hollering, simple past and past participle hollered)

1. (intransitive) To yell or shout.

   You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.

2. (transitive) To call out one or more words.
3. To complain, to gripe.

同意語

• shout
• See also Thesaurus:shout
• See also Thesaurus:complain

派生語

派生語

語源 2

Variation of hollow.

名詞

holler (plural hollers)

1. (Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow (narrow valley between mountains).

形容詞

holler (not comparable)

1. (dialectal, especially Southern US, Appalachia) Alternative form of hollow.

   the holler tree