1
as in screaming
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
another city council meeting with residents hollering about the unsatisfactory collection of garbage
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2
as in yelling
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
there's no need to holler; I'm in the next room
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Recent Examples of hollering
Early this season, Coen, a former UMass quarterback who coached under Sean McVay with the Los Angeles Rams, was seen hollering at Lawrence on the sideline after an incompletion.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2025
Probst is as bad as any of them about this — look back no further than the amount of airtime on Wednesday’s finale that was spent hollering about Savannah making Survivor history by winning as many challenges as five other women in show history.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Literally people went crazy, hooting and hollering.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
Anez Cooper were hollering for the play.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
To celebrate our arrival, my fellow travelers and I run into the sea, hooting and hollering at the pins-and-needles cold.
—Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Even Seth Rogen, a surprise guest, was cheering and hollering while holding a camera throughout the ovation and snapping photos the entire time.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2025
Dylan brought it out wide on the freeway ramp, the tires soft, and bald, and skidding on the powdered gravel, and Bob took to hollering with his head hung out the window like a big dog.
—Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollering
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According to the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched in November to a residence in the Linville community of Marion after a caller reported a neighbor standing in their driveway screaming and refusing to leave the property despite having been warned previously.—
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Avid viewers of The Studio will appreciate the callback to a watershed episode this season when Ice Cube, as himself, uttered the same to a room filled with screaming fans, causing a fresh headache for Seth Rogen’s backlot boss Matt Remick.—
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Becca Good can be heard yelling from outside the vehicle.—
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In the video, a man is seen yelling at fellow audience members for being disruptive throughout the show's first act.—
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But the same town also was sued in November by Stillson LLC, a company complaining because zoners approved an 8-30g project.—
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From bartenders in Virginia-Highland to servers in Alpharetta, several employees of food and drink businesses reported customers complaining about water that tastes like mildew.—
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By the time the group made it into the hallway, Fleeger and Freeman's wife, Joanna, were shouting at each other.—
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Her social media posts hyping Cincinnati and under-the-radar cities last summer went viral with over 1 million views on Instagram and Tiktok, prompting thousands of comments shouting out other secondary cities worth a visit.—
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Illinois Republicans have turned whining into an artform.—
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First came Notre Dame whining over missing out on a College Football Playoff invite.—
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The man sat in the driver's seat, while the woman sat in the passenger seat, their crying child in the man’s arms.—
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At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.—
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The camera then turns to James Austin Johnson, who played the president, sleeping and muttering New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s name.—
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On the plane, Dick clutches the slingshot and begins sweating and muttering to himself before becoming unresponsive.—
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While lying on the pavement, he could be heard moaning as an officer shouted at him not to move.—
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There’s something moaning in the background.—
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“Hollering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollering. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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