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[ huhl-uh-buh-loo ] / ˈhʌl ə bəˌlu / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hullabaloo ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural hul·la·ba·loos.a clamorous noise or disturbance; uproar. Origin of hullabaloo1750–60; apparently variant of haloobaloo, rhyming compound based on Scots baloo lullaby Words nearby hullabaloohuldre, hulk, hulking, hulky, hull, hullabaloo, hull balance, hull down, hulled, hull efficiency, hull girder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hullabalooYet for all the hullabaloo about outside groups, the race may simply come down to old-fashioned retail politics. Nebraska’s GOP Cage Match|Ben Jacobs|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST All the hullabaloo confused the neophyte rockers, who had only been a band for two years and were searching for their own voice. Cold War Kids on Faith, Hipster Detractors & Their Musical Evolution|Marlow Stern|April 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST Chris Christie is taking all the hullabaloo about his body fat in stride. Give Chris Christie a Break on His Weight|Michelle Cottle|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST One has to wonder how all this hullabaloo will affect the kids in the long run. Preschoolers Having ‘Oral Sex’?!|Lizzie Crocker|February 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Find a relatively peaceful place where the child can retreat if the noise and hullabaloo get to be too much. Autistic Holidays: How to Make It Easier for Everyone|Priscilla Gilman|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST And if there is a God, and we can meet Him only by dying, then why in the name of common sense all this hullabaloo about death? Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking Behind him rose uproar, tumult and hullabaloo, a mass of struggling men at cross purposes. Bransford of Rainbow Range|Eugene Manlove Rhodes Remember how they raised such a hullabaloo when they were sent to the workhouse? The Thunders of Silence|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb That cat had been asleep on the sofy, and the noise and hullabaloo had stirred him up till he was as crazy as the rest of 'em. The Depot Master|Joseph C. Lincoln I couldn't understand him, for he spoke his own language, but guessed what was up when I heerd the hullabaloo his words raised. My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3|William Clark Russell
British Dictionary definitions for hullabaloo
noun plural -loosloud confused noise, esp of protest; commotion Word Origin for hullabalooC18: perhaps from interjection hallo + Scottish baloo lullaby Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hullabalooto-do, noise, fuss, riot, mayhem, bedlam, confusion, ruckus, commotion, chaos, pandemonium, melee, hubbub, hassle, racket, furor, clamor, brouhaha, free-for-all, row |