Meaning & use
hooting and hollering
Loud shouting, laughing, and general noisy commotion, especially during excitement or celebration.
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The whole street was hooting and hollering after the home team's last-second win.
You could hear the kids hooting and hollering from the backyard all afternoon.
A note on using this word
Informal, dialectal phrase, often written with dropped g's as 'hootin' and hollerin'.'
Words with a similar meaning
shoutingcarrying on
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