holler

• hollar (etymology 1)

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

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.

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.

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

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.

   • 2025 June 27, Lila Hempel-Edgers, Damenica Ellis, “Protesters gathered in uptown Charlotte to oppose Trump bombing of Iran sites”, in The Charlotte Observer‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 January 2026, Politics & Government‎^[2]:

     “Immigrants are welcome here,” the crowd hollered. “Refugees belong here.”

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

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

Variation of hollow.

holler (plural hollers)

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

holler (not comparable)

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

   the holler tree

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holler c (plural hollers, diminutive hollertje n)

1. a (hurried) runner

• loper m
• renner m

holler

1. comparative degree of hol

holler

1. nominative plural of hol