hollering

Other forms of hollering

plural

hollerings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hollering

What does hollering mean?

hollering means "a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)".

How many syllables are in hollering?

hollering has 3 syllables: hol-le-ring. The stress falls on "hol". In IPA it is /ˈhɑlɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for hollering?

Close synonyms include bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hollering a common word?

hollering is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.