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Hello?
Language; Slang

Did you hear me?; Are you aware that I am talking to you? * A: I don’t want any of that. B: Here, have some. A: Hello? No, I don’t want any.

hey
Language; Slang

Hello. (A standard greeting in much of the South, and now, among the young.) * Hey, Walter. How are you? * Hey, Chuck! Living large.

Hey, bum!
Language; Slang

Hello. Hey, bum! What’s poppin’? * Hey, bum! So good to see your smiling face.

Hiya!
Language; Slang

Hi! (From Hi, you!) * Hiya! Good to see ya! * Hiya! Where you been keeping yourself ?

Hold everything!
Language; Slang

Stop everything! * Hold everything! I forgot my wallet. * Hold everything! My door isn’t closed.

Hold it!
Language; Slang

Stop right there! * Hold it! Stop! * That’s enough! Hold it!

Hold it, Buster!
Language; Slang

Stop that, mister! (Sometimes said by women in repulsing an amorous male.) * Hold it, Buster! Who do you think you are? * Hold it, Buster! Who do you think I am?

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