Helloed vs Halloed - What's the difference?
helloed | halloed |
(hello)
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"!" or an equivalent greeting.
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To greet with "hello".
* 2013 , Ivan Doig, English Creek (page 139)
(hallo)
A variant of hello
A cry of surprise.
* 1890 , ,
To shout, or to call with a loud voice.
To chase while shouting "hallo!"
To cry "hallo" (to someone).
To shout (something).
As verbs the difference between helloed and halloed
is that helloed is past tense of hello while halloed is past tense of hallo.helloed
English
Verb
(head)hello
English
Alternative forms
* hallo * hilloa (obsolete) * hullo (UK)Interjection
(en interjection)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!'” at the top of my lungs.
Usage notes
* The greeting hello is among the most generic and neutral in use. It may be heard in nearly all social situations and in nearly all walks of life, and is unlikely to cause offense.Quotations
* (English Citations of "hello")Synonyms
* (greeting) ** g'day, hey, hi, ** hallo, hi, hiya, ey up ** hallo, hey, hi, howdy ** how's it going, hey, hi ** howzit ** (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, sup * See alsoAntonyms
* (greeting) bye, goodbyeDerived terms
*See also
* * (wikipedia "hello")Noun
(en noun)citation
Synonyms
* greetingVerb
(en verb)- I had to traipse around somewhat, helloing' people and being ' helloed , before I spotted my mother and my father, sharing shade and a spread blanket with Pete and Marie Reese and Toussaint Rennie near the back of the park.
halloed
English
Verb
(head)hallo
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- It sounds like a sum in the rule of three. The answer should give us the — But hallo ! here are the accredited representatives of the law.