Hollow Definition
To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
Alternative form of hollo.
- to defeat thoroughly or surpass by far
- to make hollow
- to make by hollowing
Other Word Forms of Hollow
Noun
Adjective
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hollow
- beat (all) hollow
- hollow out
Origin of Hollow
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Middle English holw, holh, from Old English hol (“hollow”), from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (compare Dutch hol, German hohl, Danish hul), from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ówHilo- (compare Albanian thellë (“deep”), Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koĩlos, “hollow”)', Avestan [script?] (sūra)[script?], Sanskrit [script?] (kulyā, “brook, ditch”)[script?]), from *k̑ówH- (“cavity”). More at cave.
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Middle English holwe, holowe from holgh hole, burrow (influenced by hole hollow) from Old English holh kel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English holow, earlier holgh, from Old English holh (“a hollow”)', from hol (“hollow (adj.)”). See above.
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Compare holler.
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