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Halloo (Verb)

Shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The hostess made her way across the lawn to halloo over the din of music and chatter.
She ran towards her friend and began to halloo, waving her arms wildly to get her attention.
When the cavalcade came in sight, the groom stepped out on the porch to halloo.
As she rode up, she would halloo to the folk working in the fields, exchanging greetings and news.
The little girl would halloo from the top of the stairs, her voice ringing out across the hallway.

Urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The crowd began to halloo as the runners approached the finish line, their voices echoing through the streets.
In the old days, people would halloo to summon the postman, as there were no other means of communication.
Riders would halloo the horses loudly as they thundered across the plains in the famous annual horse racing event.
The children started to halloo their dogs excitedly as the pack took off after the fox in the forest.
Cowboys would traditionally halloo their cattle to drive them across the vast, open ranges.