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hoo-ha

  [n. hoo-hah; interj. hoo-hah] Informal.
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–noun
1. an uproarious commotion.
–interjection
2. (used to express mock surprise or excitement.)
Also, hoo-hah.

Origin:
1930–35; prob. < Yiddish hu-ha to-do, uproar, exclamation of surprise; cf. Pol hu-ha exclamation of joy
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hoo-ha or hoo-hah   (hōō'hä')   
n.   Slang

  1. A fuss; a disturbance: "the subject of this last hoo-hah" (William Safire).

  2. A chortle or laugh: got a good hoo-ha out of that story.


[Perhaps from Yiddish hu-ha, to-do, uproar, exclamation.]
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