单词 | hubbub |
释义 | hubbubn. 1. a. A confused noise of a crowd shouting or talking; the shouting of a war cry; a ‘hue and cry’.With Irish hubbub cf. hubbaboo n. The Welsh hubbub seems to have been (see quot. 1645) a ‘hue and cry’ only. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour reamOE ropeOE brack?c1200 utas1202 hootinga1225 berec1225 noise?c1225 ludea1275 cryc1275 gredingc1275 boastc1300 utasa1325 huec1330 outcrya1382 exclamation1382 ascry1393 spraya1400 clamourc1405 shoutingc1405 scry1419 rumourc1425 motion?a1439 bemec1440 harrowc1440 shout1487 songa1500 brunt1523 ditec1540 uproar1544 clamouring1548 outrage1548 hubbub1555 racket1565 succlamation1566 rear1567 outcrying1569 bellowing1579 brawl1581 hue and cry1584 exclaiming1585 exclaim1587 sanctus1594 hubbaboo1596 oyez1597 conclamation1627 sputter1673 rout1684 dirduma1693 hallalloo1737 yelloching1773 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 vocitation1819 blue murder1828 blaring1837 shilloo1842 shillooing1845 pillalooing1847 shriek1929 yammering1937 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. vi. 103 Thei [Ichthiophagi of Afrike] flocke together to go drincke..shouting as they go with an yrishe whobub. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 156/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II According to the custome of the countrie, the hobub or the hue and crie was raised. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm6v They heard a noyse of many bagpipes shrill, And shrieking Hububs them approching nere. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions ix. viii. 327 With hallowes and howbubs, with whowbes, whowes, and outcries against all. 1612 T. James Life Father Parsons in Iesuits Downefall 53 Hissed out the College with whouts and hobubs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 616 Had not the old-man come in with a Whoo-bub against his Daughter. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxvii. 58 Wee..gaue them the Hubbub, after the manner of the Indians, and assaulted them. a1623 H. Spelman Relation Virginia in J. Smith Wks. (1884) p. cv A great number Indians..began with an oulis and whoopubb. 1645 Mercurius Civicus 28 Aug. Whereupon an hubbub is raised, and 5000 together by the next morning [in Glamorganshire]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 951 A universal hubbub wilde Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd. View more context for this quotation 1680 Life Edward II in Harl. Misc. I. 87 The bruit of this novelty, like a Welch hubbub, had quickly overtaken the willing ears of the displeased Commons. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe i. 19 There issued..a confused hubbub as of human voices. b. In milder sense: the mingled din of a crowd, or of a multitude of speakers heard at once. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [noun] noise?a1400 clattera1500 Babela1529 burlinga1533 burle1563 tintamarre1567 coil1582 flipper-de-flapper1640 clutter1655 Babel sound1710 jargon1711 charivari1735 oratorio?1737 hubbub1779 callithump1843 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun] > sound of voices > many mingled chavish1674 lurrya1676 hubbub1779 1779 F. Burney Let. 11 Jan. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 234 I felt myself already in Drury Lane [Theatre], amidst the Hub bub of a first night. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 415 Its Exchange resounding with the endless hubbub of all the languages spoken by civilised men. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 451 The hubbub, so new in Prussia, of Parliamentary discussion. 2. Noisy turmoil; confusion, disturbance; an instance of this; a tumultuous assembly or demonstration; a riot, ‘row’. ΘΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > a disturbance or riot stormOE disturbance1297 disturblancec1330 riota1393 disturbation1529 ruffle1534 upstir1549 tumult1560 embroilment1609 hubbuba1625 embroil1636 ruction1809 uproaring1827 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy rippit?1507 hubbleshowa1525 burlinga1533 hubble-shubblec1550 burle1563 coil1567 hirdy-girdy1568 riff-raff1582 rut1607 hubbuba1625 clutter1656 sputter1673 splutter1677 rattle1688 rumpus1745 ree-raw1797 bobbery1816 trevally1819 stramash1821 nitty1822 hell's delight1823 pandemonium1827 oration1828 Bob's-a-dying1829 hubbaboo1830 reerie1832 circus1869 tow-row1877 ruaille buaille1885 brouhaha1890 foofaraw1933 bangarang1943 bassa-bassa1956 a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) iv. ii. sig. H4v All the chambermaides in such a whobub. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 181 (note) Diogenes..in his Tub, tumbled it up and down..when the greatest, and best of Citizens were in an Hubbub and in Arms. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 90 They asked the reason of the hubbub, and tumult. View more context for this quotation 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 14 A sudden uproar and hubbub ensued that defies description. 1874 M. E. Braddon Taken at Flood i. 15 The place will be in a fine hubbub, I suppose. 3. A name given by the New England colonists to a noisy game of the Indians.It was played with a platter and five small bones, with loud cries of hub, hub, hub. See Notes & Queries Ser. 7, III. 472. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > others sitisota1400 papsea1450 half-bowl1477 pluck at the crow1523 white and black1555 running game1581 blow-pointa1586 hot cocklesa1586 one penny1585 cockelty bread1595 pouch1600 venter-point1600 hinch-pinch1603 hardhead1606 poor and rich1621 rowland-hoe1622 hubbub1634 handicap?a1653 owl1653 ostomachy1656 prelledsa1660 quarter-spellsa1660 yert-point1659 bob-her1702 score1710 parson has lost his cloak1712 drop (also throw) (the) handkerchief1754 French Fox1759 goal1765 warpling o' the green1768 start1788 kiss-in-the-ring1801 steal-clothes1809 steal-coat1816 petits paquets1821 bocce1828 graces1831 Jack-in-the-box1836 hot hand1849 sparrow-mumbling1852 Aunt Sally1858 gossip1880 Tambaroora1882 spoof1884 fishpond1892 nim1901 diabolo1906 Kim's game1908 beaver1910 treasure-hunt1913 roll-down1915 rock scissors paper1927 scissors cut paper1927 scissors game1927 the dozens1928 toad in the hole1930 game1932 scissors paper stone1932 Roshambo1936 Marco Polo1938 scavenger hunt1940 skish1940 rock paper scissors1947 to play chicken1949 sounding1962 joning1970 arcade game1978 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect ii. xiv. 85 Hubbub, not much unlike Cards and Dice, being no other than Lotterie. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) v. 470 Another game they called hubbub, the same the French called jeu de plat, the game of the dish among the Hurons. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. Π 1646 New Letanie (B. M.) From Irish Rebells, and Welsh hubbub-men, From Independents and their Tubmen. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 143 There follows noise enough: four hubbub months. Derivatives hubbub v. Apparently an isolated use. Π 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 881 Huddled and hubbubbed into one chaotic sentence. hubbubish adj. Apparently an isolated use. Π 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 33 Better remain by rubbish guarded, Than thus hubbubish groan placarded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555 |
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