bobbery

noun

bob·​bery ˈbä-b(ə-)rē 

plural bobberies

: hubbub

Synonyms

• ado
• alarums and excursions
• ballyhoo
• blather
• bluster
• 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

Examples of bobbery in a Sentence

proponents of a silent birth believe that the bobbery that accompanies most births is harmful to the newborn

Word History

Etymology

Hindi bāp re, literally, oh father!

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above