2 definitions
for holler
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
holler
n 1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing,
holla, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring,
yowl]
2: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin
in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: hollow]
v 1: shout out; "He hollered out to surrender our weapons" [syn:
holler out]
2: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the
window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out,
cry, call, yell, scream, hollo, squall]
3: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, grouse,
crab, beef, squawk, bellyache]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "holler":
air a grievance, bark, battle cry, bawl, beef, beefing, bellow,
bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, boggle, boycott, call,
call in question, caterwaul, challenge, cheer, clamor, complain,
complaining, complaint, crab, croak, cry, cry out against,
demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, destructive criticism,
dispute, dissent, enter a protest, expostulate, faultfinding, fret,
fret and fume, fuss, grievance, gripe, griping, groan, groaning,
grouch, grouse, grousing, growl, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hail,
halloo, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, kick, kicking,
lodge a complaint, march, murmur, murmuring, mutter, object, peeve,
peevishness, pet peeve, petulance, picket, press objections,
protest, querulousness, raise a howl, rally, rallying cry,
register a complaint, remonstrate, roar, scolding, scream, screech,
scruple, shout, shriek, sit in, sniping, squall, squawk, squawking,
squeal, state a grievance, strike, take on, teach in, vociferate,
war cry, war whoop, whining, whoop, yammer, yap, yapping, yawl,
yawp, yell, yell bloody murder, yelp, yo-ho, yowl
