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# hullo

«hullo» in Mova's school dictionary: **Another spelling of hello, used to greet someone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

interjection (hullo); noun (a hullo, hullos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned, UK) Another spelling of hello, used to greet someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#m1)

2) A way to show surprise: «Hullo, what's this?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Hullo is common in old British books such as The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh; the animals greet each other with «Hullo!». It is the same word as hello and hallo. In stories, «Hullo, hullo!» often shows a cheerful character noticing something.

### examples

- «Hullo, Mole!» called Ratty from the riverbank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#x1)
- Hullo, what's this lying in the grass? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#x2)
- The boy waved and shouted, «Hullo, you fellows!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#x3)
- She said hullo to everyone in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#x4)
- «Hullo!» said the policeman. «What have we here?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#x5)
- Old books use hullo where we write hello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/#x6)

### note

Same meaning as hello, hallo and hiya (informal). Old-fashioned in writing today; use hello in your own stories unless the voice is old-fashioned.

### In the corpora

- [Crying on the platform, he wonders about hiding under a seat, when a kind engine-driver says «Hullo, mother!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/3/)
- [A fox says: «Hullo, washerwoman!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hullo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hullo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.