hullabaloo

hul·la·ba·loo | \ ˈhə-lə-bə-ˌlü

plural hullabaloos

Definition of hullabaloo

1 informal : a loud, continued noise or mixture of noises : din Why do roosters crow? If they're like insects and frogs, that hullabaloo is an ad for a mate … — Discover Somebody heard the splash and they raised an awful hullabaloo. 'He's gone! Lower the boats! …'— Joseph Conrad … Hunt and her pack of highly trained dogs set off a hellacious hullabaloo, yelling and barking, discharging firecrackers …— Christine Paige

2 informal : a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance : uproar, fuss Would there be such a hullabaloo about the violence in her books if they had been written by a man?— Laura Z. Hobson Sunday was a big day for the Philadelphia Phillies mascot … . It was his 40th birthday, and there was a big hullabaloo.— Liz Roscher There's been a lot of hullabaloo recently about the effects that grapefruit can have on certain meds.— Chanie Kirschner When I heard the series would finally be available to stream on Hulu, I decided to finally see what all the hullabaloo was about.— Josh Sorokach

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The announcement caused quite a hullabaloo. The announcement caused a lot of hullabaloo. There was a hullabaloo over his controversial statements. There was a lot of hullabaloo over his controversial statements.

Recent Examples on the Web All that Trumpian hullabaloo shaved a negligible $1.6 billion from the trade deficit with China. — Joe Nocera Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, "Trump didn't save coal or steel. To be fair, no one could.," 13 Oct. 2020 Steve played the title role of a father who resisted letting go of his daughter and misplaced all of those difficult emotions into fighting the cost and hullabaloo that goes into making a wedding. — Nancy Meyers, New York Times, "‘Father of the Bride,’ the Pandemic and Me," 25 Sep. 2020 In the middle of this hullabaloo, a wild infant Borgia appeared. — Anne Thériault, Longreads, "Queens of Infamy: Lucrezia Borgia," 28 May 2020 The ensuing hullabaloo, although packed with twists, setbacks and a bizarrely unfunny cameo by Bill Irwin, has its roots in reality. — cleveland, "Jon Stewart’s off-key political comedy, starring Steve Carell, is far from ‘Irresistible’," 25 June 2020 Despite all of the hullabaloo of the past few days, the Twitter Presidency is likely to continue. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Trump’s Phony War with Twitter Escalates," 29 May 2020 Amid all the hullabaloo in Ahmedabad over the high-profile visit, the sprawling riverside venue remained an oasis of peace. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "Gandhi’s former Sabarmati home remained a sanctuary of calm amid Trump’s visit," 24 Feb. 2020 Stay tuned after all the football hullabaloo to see a new lineup of mystery celebrities singing in wacky costumes — with guest judge Jamie Foxx! — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, "When to watch J. Lo perform, and everything else you need to know about Super Bowl LIV," 31 Jan. 2020 All-female panel Expect a lot of hullabaloo (rightly) about the historic fact the this debate will be the first this cycle featuring an all-female panel of moderators. — BostonGlobe.com, "take the debate stage Wednesday night," 20 Nov. 2019

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