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Never to be less than thorough with answers to questions on the Squeak 
mailing list, Merriam-Webster yields the following American English (not to 
be confused with "real" English :-o ) definitions:
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hol*ler [1] (verb) hol*lered; hol*ler*ing
[alteration of hollo]
verb intransitive
First appeared 1699
 1 : to cry out (as to attract attention or in pain) : SHOUT
 2 : GRIPE, COMPLAIN
verb transitive
 : to call out (a word or phrase)
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holler [2] (noun)
First appeared 1825
 1 : SHOUT, CRY
 2 : COMPLAINT
 3 : a freely improvised work song of black Americans <field ~s>
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holler [3]
 chiefly dialect variant of HOLLOW
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Cheers,
Jerry.