halloo

Meanings

1. Used to greet someone, or to catch their attention.
2. Used in hunting to urge on the pursuers.

1. A shout of halloo.

1. To shout halloo.
2. To encourage with shouts; to egg (someone) on.
3. To chase with shouts or outcries.
4. To call or shout to; to hail.
5. To shout (something).

Etymology

From Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitative.