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hubbub

[huhb-uhb]

noun

a loud, confused noise, as of many voices: There was quite a hubbub in the auditorium after the announcement.

tumult; uproar.

Origin:
1545–55; apparently of Irish orig.; akin to Scots Gaelic cry ubub! (reduplication of ub!) expressing aversion or contempt

Synonyms
1. See noise. 2. disturbance, disorder, confusion.

Antonyms
1. quiet. 2. calm.

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Today it is a wonderful hubbub of cluttered streets and lively bazaars.

Since the audience is made up of people who are themselves sounding off, new media are more of a hubbub than a homily.

For example, the animals could fall into the pits, or the construction hubbub could make them avoid entering the sanctuary at all.

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Today it is a wonderful hubbub of cluttered streets and lively bazaars.

Since the audience is made up of people who are themselves sounding off, new media are more of a hubbub than a homily.

For example, the animals could fall into the pits, or the construction hubbub could make them avoid entering the sanctuary at all.

In addition, some doctors may hesitate to prescribe the drug after all the hubbub.

But the efficient staff of no-nonsense young people keeps orders straight and makes diners forget the hubbub.

Meanwhile, three unknown candidates have been unable to make themselves heard above the hubbub.

But the hubbub around pay also oversimplifies things, especially by conflating the level of pay with its structure.

The cause of the hubbub was the sighting this week of great bustard chicks following their mother and being fed.

The hubbub now about equality is actually a nostalgia for machines.

Seles did not provide a quiet performance here despite a prematch hubbub regarding the decibel level of her grunts.

No commercial hubbub competes with the call to prayer from the mosque.

The men brought prayer books and read them, rocking back and forth, islands of religious focus amid the hubbub.

The earbuds have three separate settings: one for planes, one for trains and buses, and one for general office hubbub.

They stand in a stream of soothingly mindless hubbub.

They can be noisy and the hubbub of the crowd can be distracting.

Like others, he puts up with the hubbub of daily life as a trade-off.

In light of all the hubbub about electronic surveillance by the government, the next question on your mind should be:.

Scientists hope that better technology will help them slice through the hubbub and tune into the signals they find interesting.

Hopefully the hubbub will induce the movers and shakers to make this an annual event.

But neither the hubbub nor a capable cast can camouflage the absence of playwrighting skill or directorial ingenuity.

The series will look at high-profile projects and accidental canvases, hidden in the hubbub.

Saidel touched off an entertaining hubbub as critics envisioned mall rats replacing bureaucrats.

Yet the hubbub after a recent commercial showing two auto mechanics.

What with all that buzzing and itching, the hubbub they cause is disproportionate to the microdrop of blood they make away with.

Calderón had planned to visit the island this year but he called off his trip after the hubbub over the flu.

The hubbub simply illustrates the sports community's denial about the barbaric nature of boxing.

Any closer and the eagles become upset by loud voices, movement and the general hubbub created by.

The story begins in a racy if conventional fashion by showing the bluster and hubbub in a song merchant's office.

High on a hillside, this inn feels far removed from the hubbub of the valley.

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hubbub (ˈhʌbʌb)

—n
1.	a confused noise of many voices
2.	uproar

[C16: probably from Irish hooboobbes; compare Scottish Gaelic ubub! an exclamation of contempt]

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Word Origin & History

hubbub

1555, whobub "confused noise," generally believed to be of Irish origin, perhaps from Gaelic ub!, expression of aversion or contempt, or O.Ir. battle cry abu, from buide "victory."

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"Reason, the prized reality, the Law, is apprehended, now and then, for a serene and profound moment, amidst the hubbub of cares and works which have no direct bearing on it;Mis then lost, for months or years, and again found, for an interval, to be lost again. If we compute it in time, we may, in fifty years, have half a dozen reasonable hours."

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