alarums and excursions
plural nounDefinition of alarums and excursions
1
: martial sounds and the movement of soldiers across the stage
—used as a stage direction in Elizabethan drama
2
: clamor, excitement, and feverish or disordered activity
Synonyms for alarums and excursions
Synonyms
- ado,
- 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
- (also hoo-hah),
- hoopla,
- hubble-bubble,
- hubbub,
- 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
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“Alarums and excursions.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alarums%20and%20excursions. Accessed 12 May. 2021.
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The first known use of alarums and excursions was in 1605
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