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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
holler .
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Examples
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I have to listen to it right now as I type, along with the whoops and hollers from the rest of my family.
Think Progress » U.S. Chamber of Commerce celebrates its ‘influence’ over Massachusetts Senate race. 2010
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Old. And of course it got lots of hoots and hollers from the hosts.
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Ankiel left after 2/3 of an inning in Game 5 - after he threw eight strikes in 17 pitchers - to more hoots and hollers from the Shea Stadium crowd.
NLCS notebook 2000
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These men and women took me to their homes -- their Kentucky "hollers" -- and talked about the death threats they received from coal companies for speaking out against MTR.
Liz Butler: Appalachia Is Rising Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Liz Butler 2010
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Drive around the 'hollers' and you'll see 'Appalachians' living in corrugated sheet metal trailers with Bush/Cheney 04 yardsigns still out!
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From a half-mile out they generally funnled into one of three "hollers" on their way to dinner.
An 18-Year Bear Hunt 2007
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An 'then, after they has shuk hands, I climbs up on' the chicken-coop an 'hollers' Time 'an' they begins.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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This is one reason no one "hollers" when they go through rapids on that particular river - it’s the large-scale version of drinking from the toilet!
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This is one reason no one "hollers" when they go through rapids on that particular river - it’s the large-scale version of drinking from the toilet!
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"hollers" with many sounds which are distressing to him and to us.
Power Through Repose Annie Payson Call 1896
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Since 2020, Shrewsbury has helped towns dig out from flooding, door-knocked in the narrow Appalachian valleys – known as hollers – to find out what residents were looking for from the state legislature, and talked to mayors and city councils about the opportunities presented by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which incentivizes consumer usage of renewable energy, including home solar panels.
Can a socialist ex-marine fill Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia? Chris Stein 2023
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Since 2020, Shrewsbury has helped towns dig out from flooding, door-knocked in the narrow Appalachian valleys – known as hollers – to find out what residents were looking for from the state legislature, and talked to mayors and city councils about the opportunities presented by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which incentivizes consumer usage of renewable energy, including home solar panels.
Can a socialist ex-marine fill Joe Manchin’s seat in West Virginia? Chris Stein 2023
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