verb
- shouting loudly to attract attention or to drive animals, especially during a hunt
Usage: present participle of 'holloa'; chiefly British; often used in hunting contexts
Examples
- The hunters were holloaing across the field to coordinate their movements.
- He spent the morning holloaing at the hounds to keep them on the scent.
- The crowd was holloaing encouragement from the sidelines.
- She heard the huntsmen holloaing in the distance.
- They were holloaing to signal each other through the dense forest.