hullabaloo

hul·la·ba·loo

noun \ˈhə-lə-bə-ˌlü\

plural hul·la·ba·loos

Definition of HULLABALOO

: din; also : uproar

Examples of HULLABALOO

1. The announcement caused quite a hullabaloo.
2. The announcement caused a lot of hullabaloo.
3. There was a hullabaloo over his controversial statements.
4. There was a lot of hullabaloo over his controversial statements.

Origin of HULLABALOO

perhaps from hallo + Scots balloo, interjection used to hush children

First Known Use: 1762

Related to HULLABALOO

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, hubbub, commotion, 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

Rhymes with HULLABALOO

Aracaju, cardinal virtue, cornflower blue, didgeridoo, downy mildew, easy virtue, in deep doo-doo, Kalamazoo, merry-andrew, mulligan stew, Ouagadougou, out of the blue, Papandreou, pirarucu, Port du Salut, tu-whit tu-whoo, Vanuatu, Wandering Jew