| Halloo 1. (n.) A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout. 2. (v. i.) To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo. 3. (v. t.) To encourage with shouts. 4. (v. t.) To chase with shouts or outcries. 5. (v. t.) To call or shout to; to hail. 6. (n.) An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one. Thesaurus Entries address, advance, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, bespeak, bid good day, bid good morning, bow to, buttonhole, call to, close, close in, close with, come, come closer, come forward, come near, come on, come up, confront, curtsy, draw near, draw nigh, encounter, exchange greetings, gain upon, greet, hail, halloo, invoke, kiss, kiss hands, lift the hat, narrow the gap, near, nod to, proximate, pull the forelock, salute, say hello, shake, shake hands, sidle up to, speak, speak fair, speak to, step up, take aside, talk to, touch the hat, uncover |