hallo

1. alternativeAlternative form of hello (“greeting”).

   Hallo father, here’s Pecksniff!

   1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC

   Synonyms: hello

2. datedA cry of surprise.

   It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the— But hallo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.

   1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 98

   Synonyms: wow

plural hallos · plural halloes

1. The cry "hallo!"
2. A shout of exultation.

present singular third person hallos · present singular third person halloes · participle present halloing · participle past halloed · past halloed · first person past singular halloed · archaic present second person singular halloest · past second person singular halloed · archaic past second person singular halloedst · present singular third person hallos · present singular third person halloes · archaic present singular third person halloeth · past singular third person halloed · past plural halloed · past subjunctive halloed · participle present halloing

1. intransitiveTo shout, or to call with a loud voice.

   Tom was just hiding behind a wall, […] but the groom saw him, and halloed to him to know where Mr. Grimes, the chimney-sweep, lived.

   1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby

2. transitiveTo chase while shouting "hallo!"
3. transitiveTo cry "hallo" (to someone).
4. transitiveTo shout (something).