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   hello

   /həˈləʊ/

   exclamation

   • 1. used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation: "hello there, Katie!"
   • ▪ used to express surprise: "hello, what's all this then?"
   • ▪ used as a cry to attract someone's attention: "‘Hello below!’ he cried"
   • ▪ used informally to express sarcasm or anger: "Hello! Did you even get what the play was about?"

   noun

   • 1. an utterance of ‘hello’; a greeting: "she was getting polite nods and hellos from people"

   verb

   • 1. say or shout ‘hello’: "I pressed the phone button and helloed"

   Word Origin early 19th century: variant of earlier hollo; related to holla.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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