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hullabaloo
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huhl
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uh
-b
uh
-loo
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hul·la·ba·loo
/
ˈhʌl
ə
bəˌlu
/
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[
huhl
-
uh
-b
uh
-loo
]
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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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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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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.
The whole thing takes about two and a half hours to navigate but is well worth all the necessary
hullabaloo
.
In which case, the current
hullabaloo
should not matter.
The
hullabaloo
has landed her a few new listings, she said.
The
hullabaloo
did furnish the bored press comic relief, always a good thing during a lackluster festival.
Unions argue that the
hullabaloo
has done wonders for their cause.
But the present
hullabaloo
on the propaganda aspects of the program leaves me entirely cool.
The
hullabaloo
over the supply of rare earth elements seems likely to be short-lived.
For starters, there's all that
hullabaloo
about how a julep should be served.
Lost in the
hullabaloo
over the neo-atheists is a quieter and potentially more illuminating debate.
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World English Dictionary
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]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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hullabaloo
1762, hollo-ballo "uproar," chiefly in northern England and Scot., perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hollo (see
hello
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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