Definition of Hollering

1. Noun. A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal). "His bellow filled the hallway"


Definition of Hollering

1. Verb. (present participle of holler) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hollering

1. holler [v] - See also: holler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hollering

holla
holla back
holla backs
hollaed
hollaing
hollandaise
hollandaise sauce
hollandaises
hollandite
hollas
holler
holler out
hollered
hollerer
hollerers
hollering
hollers
hollidam
hollidams
hollied
holliers
hollies
hollingworthite
hollo
holloa
holloaed
holloaing
holloas
holloed
holloes

Literary usage of Hollering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions by Phineas Taylor Barnum (1866)
"SPIRIT " Hollering." HANS VON VLEET, THE FEMALE DUTCHMAN. MRS. CO- ANT'S "CIRCLES."—PAINE'S TABLE-TIPPING HUMBUG EXPOSED. " The Banner of Light," a weekly ..."

2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"... mind about hollering before we were out of the woods. —A Stray Yankee in Texas, p. 105. ... hollering ..."

3. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"Men hollering. Question. What kind of a noise did they make ? Answer. Just a hollering like any one hollering. Answer. There was an old woman, sick, ..."

4. Some of Mayor Gaynor's Letters and Speeches by William Jay Gaynor (1913)
"Hollering May 25,1911. Dear Mr. Loder: Your letter is at hand, and I thank you for your kind wishes. You ask me to stop the newsboys from " hollering ..."

5. The Early Days of Marlborough College: Or, Public School Life Between Forty by Edward Dowdeswell Lockwood (1893)
""—after a pause: " What else should he be a-hollering? " But it would'nt do; and the vendor getting exasperated at the chaff going on around, ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Q. I will ask you if It was not only two or three seconds after the hollering until the train stopped? A. I don't know. Q. Wasn't it an Instant? ..."

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