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▪ I. houp-la, int.|ˈhuːplɑː|
Also hoop-la.
[Cf. F. houp-là!]
An exclamation accompanying a quick or sudden movement. Also as n., commotion, ballyhoo.
1870O. Logan Before Footlights xxiii. 280 But the tearful clown cries ‘houp-la!’ while his baby is lying dead at home. 1877N.Y. Tribune 2 Mar. 7/1 The Stock Exchange to-day commenced its business of speculation with a grand ‘hoop la’. 1917H. Garland Son of Middle Border xxiii. 286 Hoopla! We had taken wing! 1917Punch 23 May 340/2 A beam of pleasure, succeeded by a falling of the countenance, then a look of decision, ended in a ‘Houp-là’ as the Japanese doll descended into the basket. 1925F. M. Ford No More Parades i. ii, But..Hoopla!.. He executed with his gloved right thumb in the moonlight a rapid pirouette. 1929C. A. N. Garstin Houp La! xxiv. 308 ‘Houp la!’ Bill sighed, letting his head fall back. 1948Carpenter Mar. 16 Organized some three years ago amid a great hoopla of Communist propaganda and promotion, it has creaked along in a very erratic and unpredictable manner. 1973Guardian 16 Mar. 10/3 There is sometimes so much surrounding hoop-la that you lose sight of the various tactics.
▪ II. houp-la
var. hoop-la. |