hubbub

hub·bub

noun \ˈhə-ˌbəb\

Definition of HUBBUB

1

: noise, uproar

2

: confusion, turmoil

Examples of HUBBUB

1. All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.
2. the hubbub surrounding the film star
3. We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.
4. What's all the hubbub about?

Origin of HUBBUB

perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub, interjection of contempt

First Known Use: 1555

Related to HUBBUB

Synonyms: ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, commotion, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or 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

Related Words: cacophony, clamor, din, howl, hue and cry, noise, outcry, racket, roar; disorder, unrest, upheaval; eruption, flare-up, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst; brawl, fracas, fray, hassle, melee (also mêlée), scuffle; dither, fever, fret, lather, tizzy

Near Antonyms: calm, hush, peace, quiet, quietude, rest, stillness, tranquillity (or tranquility); order, orderliness

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Rhymes with HUBBUB

bathtub, book club, flubdub, glee club, health club, hot tub, key club, nightclub, war club, washtub, yacht club