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holla¹

  • /ˈhɒlə/ UK
  • /ˈhɑlə/ US

Rhymes with -ɒlə

interjection

  1. alternative Alternative form of hollo Holla, there! Holla, there, I say! What the devil are you about with my master's box-coat?

verb hollas · hollaing · hollaed

  1. alternative Alternative form of hollo

holla²

  • /ˈhɒlə/ UK
  • /ˈhɑlə/ US

Rhymes with -ɒlə

Where it comes from

From holler.

verb hollas · hollaing · hollaed

  1. colloquial To shout out or greet casually. School days went by. I ran across Sly a couple a times, but I wasn't in no mood to talk. He could save all that philosophical bullshit he liked to holla. Didn't nobody need to tell me what was up.

interjection

  1. colloquial what's up; a greeting
  2. used to express interest in a woman

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"holla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/holla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{holla_2026,
  title = {holla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/holla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}