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- 4 dictionary resultshul⋅la⋅ba⋅loo
[huhl-uh-buh-loo] 
–noun, plural -loos.
| a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar. |
Origin:
1750–60; appar. var. of haloobaloo, rhyming compound based on Scots baloo lullaby
1750–60; appar. var. of haloobaloo, rhyming compound based on Scots baloo lullaby
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| hul·la·ba·loo also hul·la·bal·loo (hŭl'ə-bə-lōō') n. pl. hul·la·ba·loos also hul·la·bal·loos Great noise or excitement; uproar. See Synonyms at noise. [Alteration of obsolete hollo-ballo, probably from holla, hello; see hello.] |
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Hullabaloo
Hul`la*ba*loo"\, n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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Language Translation for : hullabaloo
Spanish:
griterío, follón, jaleo,
German:
der Spektakel,
Japanese:
騒がしさ
hullabaloo
1762, hollo-ballo "uproar," chiefly in northern England and Scot., perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hollo (see hello).
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