Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of holler
nounhollering (plural hollerings)
plural hollerings
- The act of one who hollers.
They can have no idea who I am or what I've done, but they leap to and give slapstick chase anyway, their cartoon hollerings — "Stop! Thief" — sounding in my ears as I tear up the avenue[…]
2002, Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World, page 100
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
hollering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hollering
MLA
“hollering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hollering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hollering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hollering.
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