hullo

1. 1.

   an expression of greeting

   “every morning they exchanged polite hellos”

   Synonymshellohihowdyhow-do-you-do

   Broadergreeting

Other forms of hullo

plural

hulloes·

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 hullo

What does hullo mean?

hullo means "an expression of greeting".

How many syllables are in hullo?

hullo has 2 syllables: hul-lo. The stress falls on "hul".

What is another word for hullo?

Close synonyms include hello, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do. 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 hullo a common word?

hullo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.