Meanings
interjection
- obsoleteObsolete form of hello.
But, hillo! here comes another questioner for you, my poor quest.
1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)1 more example
Why, hillo! Look here, now; this ain’t lucky! You’ve gone and cut this out of a Bible.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
verbhillo (third-person singular simple present hillos or hilloes, present participle hilloing, simple past and past participle hilloed)
present singular third person hillos · present singular third person hilloes · participle present hilloing · participle past hilloed · past hilloed
- obsoleteTo holler, shout loudly at someone
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APA
hillo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hillo
MLA
“hillo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hillo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hillo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hillo.
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