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Synonyms
- ado
- alarums and excursions
- ballyhoo
- 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
- 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 hubbub in a Sentence
All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.
the hubbub surrounding the film star
We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.
What's all the hubbub about?
Recent Examples on the Web
Bored, restless, and annoyed by the hubbub around her, Yasmin retreats to her cabin, where she is confronted by a coital scene that is almost immediately revealed to be primal.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Amidst the hubbub of Milan Fashion Week, Hadid hit the town wearing an outfit that mixed workwear staples and weekend-friendly pieces.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2024
The team at Maker’s Mark is trying to quell some of last year’s hubbub by sharing details in advance about how to get a bottle.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2024
Or would an anxious Democrat, hearing the hubbub in Milwaukee, argue that the threat is never more perilous than when the phrasing is alive with bite and fire?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
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Word History
Etymology
perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub, interjection of contempt
First Known Use
1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Cite this Entry
“Hubbub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hubbub. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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