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interjection

used as a greeting or response, as in telephoning
used to attract attention
used to express astonishment or surprise: hello! what's this in my soup?

noun pl. hellos

an instance of saying or exclaiming “hello”

intransitive verb, transitive verb helloed, helloing

to say or exclaim “hello” (to)

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