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hullabaloo

[huhl-uh-buh-loo] Example Sentences Origin

hul·la·ba·loo

[huhl-uh-buh-loo]
noun, plural -loos.
a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.

Origin:
1750–60; apparently variant of haloobaloo, rhyming compound based on Scots baloo lullaby
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Example Sentences
  • All of this hullabaloo can't disguise the fact that service at the counter is spotty, at best.
  • All the hullabaloo for over half a decade, and it ends with a whimper.
  • But the hullabaloo about dollarisation has distracted attention from a quieter trend in the opposite direction.
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hullabaloo or hullaballoo (ˌhʌləbəˈluː)
 
n , pl -loos
loud confused noise, esp of protest; commotion
 
[C18: perhaps from interjection hallo + Scottish baloo lullaby]
 
hullaballoo or hullaballoo
 
n
 
[C18: perhaps from interjection hallo + Scottish baloo lullaby]

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hullabaloo
1762, hollo-ballo "uproar," chiefly in northern England and Scot., perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hollo (see hello).
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