Hal*loo" (hăl*l&oomac;"), n.
[Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. ealā, G.
halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. Hollo,
interj.] A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention
or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
List! List! I hear
Some far off halloo break the silent air.
Milton.
Hal*loo", v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Hallooed (-l&oomac;d"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Hallooing.] To cry out; to exclaim with a
loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word
halloo.
Country folks hallooed and hooted after
me.
Sir P. Sidney.
Hal*loo", v. t. 1.
To encourage with shouts.
Old John hallooes his hounds
again.
Prior.
2. To chase with shouts or
outcries.
If I fly . . . Halloo me like a
hare.
Shak.
3. To call or shout to; to hail.
Shak.
Hal*loo", interj. [OE. halow.
See Halloo, n.] An exclamation to call
attention or to encourage one.
