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Foller vs Holler - What's the difference?

foller | holler |

As verbs the difference between foller and holler

is that foller is eye dialect of lang=en while holler is to yell or shout.

As a noun holler is

a yell, shout.

As an adjective holler is

alternative form of lang=en.

foller

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1909, author=W.W. Jacobs, title=Peter's Pence, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=They got on a bus, and as Sam was about to foller Ginger and Peter on top, Mr. Goodman took hold of 'im by the arm and said they'd go inside. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Horace Annesley Vachell, title=Bunch Grass, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The widder, pore soul, suspicioning trouble, follered Jake, and found him with a bullet plumb through his heart. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1924, author=Max Brand, title=The Rangeland Avenger, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The minute he was out of sight I follered him, but when it come into view, him and Gaspar was high-tailing through the hills. }}

    holler

    English

    Etymology 1

    American variant of holla, hallo or hollo. Possibly derived from the Irish Gaelic oll-bhúir'', pronounced ''h-oll-oor , meaning a terrific yell, a great roar. Cassidy, D: "How the Irish invented Slang", page 179, CounterPunch Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904859-60-4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A yell, shout.
    • I heard a holler from over the fence.
  • By extension, any communication to get somebody's attention.
    • If you need anything, just give me a holler .
    Synonyms
    * hollering * cry, outcry * howl * hurl * scream * shout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To yell or shout.
    • You can holler at your computer as much as you want, but it won't help anything.
  • To call out one or more words
  • To complain, gripe
    • Synonyms
    * shout * See also * See also

    References

    Etymology 2

    Variation of hollow.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Southern US, Appalachia) (small valley between mountains).

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (dialectal, especially, Southern US, Appalachia) .
    • the holler tree
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