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单词 ballyhoos
释义

ballyhoo

noun

bal·​ly·​hoo ˈba-lē-ˌhü How to pronounce ballyhoo (audio)
plural ballyhoos
1
: a noisy attention-getting demonstration or talk
2
: flamboyant, exaggerated, or sensational promotion or publicity
3
: excited commotion
ballyhoo transitive verb

Synonyms

  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • bustle
  • clatter
  • clutter [chiefly dialect]
  • coil
  • commotion
  • corroboree [Australian]
  • disturbance
  • do [chiefly dialect]
  • foofaraw
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • kerfuffle [chiefly British]
  • moil
  • pandemonium
  • pother
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • shindy
  • splore [Scottish]
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo
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Example Sentences

it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street the usual ballyhoo intended to fill the seats at megaplexes around the country
Recent Examples on the Web Much ballyhoo will be made over the look of this game, but just as impressive are the audio design and DualSense controller integration. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022 The parade began as a ballyhoo event for the famed retailer in Manhattan’s Herald Square in 1924. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Nov. 2021 Based on newspaper accounts of the day, in both the Globe and New York Times, the ballyhoo around Ruth’s return in April 1920 was nearly zero. BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021 An Oscar season with less ballyhoo may not be as susceptible to lobbying, experts say. Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021 But having been shut out of the first two days of proceedings, as Republicans broadcast this ballyhoo through the convention’s reality distortion field, the real world started to up its game on Wednesday. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2020 Teaming with Procter & Gamble, which released its first cold-water detergent to much ballyhoo in 2005, is a canny financial move. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2020 As winter cools Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay waters, massive schools of ballyhoo set up shop over nearshore Atlantic reefs. David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 2 July 2020 Between showering shows, Stanczyk fishes for sailfish by trolling dead ballyhoo. David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 2 July 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

ballyhoos 1 of 2

noun

plural of ballyhoo
as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity it turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • disturbances
  • commotions
  • stirs
  • furors
  • furores
  • alarums and excursions
  • fusses
  • turmoils
  • hubbubs
  • moils
  • storms
  • noises
  • pandemoniums
  • rows
  • fun
  • rumpuses
  • hullabaloos
  • shindies
  • pothers
  • splores
  • hurricanes
  • clatters
  • williwaws
  • rackets
  • hurlies
  • coils
  • shindys
  • hurly-burlies
  • bobberies
  • ados
  • ruckuses
  • clutters
  • zoos
  • hubble-bubbles
  • bothers
  • helter-skelters
  • blathers
  • hurry-skurries
  • foofaraws
  • corroborees
  • hurry-scurries
  • hoo-hahs
  • bustles
  • roars
  • do's
  • ructions
  • hooplas
  • welters
  • squalls
  • bluster
  • tumults
  • kerfuffles
  • flurries
  • whirls
  • uproars
  • stews
  • upheavals
  • hoo-has
  • howls
  • disorders
  • hue and cries
  • outcries
  • cacophonies
  • dos
  • to-dos
  • eruptions
  • dins
  • outbreaks
  • clamors
  • brawls
  • outbursts
  • flutters
  • mêlées
  • fracases
  • tizzies
  • frays
  • scuffles
  • fevers
  • melees
  • fracas
  • frets
  • lathers
  • dithers
  • hassles
  • flare-ups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tranquillities
  • tranquilities
  • rests
  • hushes
  • peaces
  • quietudes
  • calms
  • quiets
  • orders
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ballyhoos

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of ballyhoo
1
as in tub-thumps
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • tub-thumps
  • cracks up
  • announces
  • acclaims
  • advertises
  • cries up
  • trumpets
  • promotes
  • blows up
  • touts
  • commends
  • compliments
  • applauds
  • offers
  • glorifies
  • lauds
  • extols
  • proclaims
  • eulogizes
  • claims
  • extolls
  • lays down
  • pronounces
  • heralds
  • blares
  • publicizes
  • declares
  • magnifies
  • plugs
  • asserts
  • blazes
  • advances
  • makes out
  • blazons
  • avers
  • boosts
2
as in promotes
to provide publicity for the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • promotes
  • sells
  • talks up
  • beats the drum (for)
  • announces
  • hypes
  • publicizes
  • plugs
  • advertises
  • touts
  • pitches
  • boosts
  • praises
  • pushes
  • barks
  • plumps (for)
  • reviews
  • hails
  • plonks (for)
  • recommends
  • acclaims
  • merchandises
  • endorses
  • broadcasts
  • plunks (for)
  • merchandizes
  • lauds
  • publishes
  • indorses
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