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hul⋅la⋅ba⋅loo

  [huhl-uh-buh-loo]
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–noun, plural -loos.
a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar.
Origin:
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 
1762, hollo-ballo "uproar," chiefly in northern England and Scot., perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hollo (see hello).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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