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hoot and holler

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hoot and holler
to shout in disapproval; to call and shout one's displeasure. After the umpire rendered his decision, the spectators hooted and hollered their thoughts on the matter. It's hard to play a good game of basketball when the fans are hooting and hollering at everything you do.
See also: and, holler, hoot


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But Bolden, unlike many of today's track stars, doesn't hoot and holler about the smooth exchanges and fast start that ended with gold around her neck.
People get shot, drink a lot of whiskey, pop pills, raise a little hell, catch a lot of hell, and commence to hoot and holler (so much so that one of the songs captures a neighbor of the Felices screaming at the band to knock off recording its rambunctious music in the chicken coop studio while neighboring children try to sleep).
The anthology, The Hoot and Holler of the Owls, features short stories, poems and essays.
 
 
 
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