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  • verb Present participle of holler.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

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Examples

  • I think we Michoacanos tend to be a little too quiet, not like those folks in San Miguel who are always hollering from the rooftops about their place.

    Wonderful Michoacan view, food. 2005

  • "I cut through the middle, it (puck) went off my shin pad, went right off my stick and I heard Johnny hollering from the bench,"

    USATODAY.com 2004

  • This thread is a f’r instance: I’m no fan of Kaus, but I spoke up for him running for office, just cuz it is generally a good thing when somebody who’s been hollering from the sidelines about how the game ought to be played, gets out on the field — maybe they will discover they really are as good as they thought they were when they were in the bleachers.

    Matthew Yglesias » Feel the Kausmentum 2010

  • This thread is a f’r instance: I’m no fan of Kaus, but I spoke up for him running for office, just cuz it is generally a good thing when somebody who’s been hollering from the sidelines about how the game ought to be played, gets out on the field — maybe they will discover they really are as good as they thought they were when they were in the bleachers.

    Matthew Yglesias » Feel the Kausmentum 2010

  • You've got people "hollering" at the "government" for trying to take away their guns, and raising their taxes.

    Obama Heckled over Don't Ask Don't Tell 2010

  • Sometimes she wakes up kind of hollering with nightmares.

    CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2009 2009

  • I swear, though, I hated Boswell’s tone (always found him too obsequious), and if I didn’t put JB down and learn about the wisdom in the essays, I would never have understood what all the hollering was about.

    Wicked Quotes on Writing by Dr. Johnson on the occasion of his 300th 2009

  • Good luck alone may guide us right; and good luck serves us well, for after having come some eight or nine miles we hear a man "hollering" to us.

    Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

  • It struck me so ludicrously to think how the fellow must have looked when he found himself 'hollering' outside, that I could not refrain from laughing outright.

    The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights

  • The lungs enabled one to do all the "hollering" that might be necessary.

    The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand

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