hellos

Variant of hello

interjection

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

Origin: var. of hollo

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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