- holler (v.)
- 1690s, American English, variant of hollo (1540s) "to shout," especially "to call to the hounds in hunting," which is related to hello. Compare colloquial yeller for yellow, etc. Related: Hollered; hollering.
- holler (n.)
- 1896, from holler (v.); earlier hollar (1825). As a style of singing (originally Southern U.S.), first recorded 1936.
