ballyhooing

verb

present participle of ballyhoo
1
as in advertising
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively that reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors

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2
as in promoting
to provide publicity for the TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballyhooing
  1. advertising
  2. promoting
  3. announcing
  4. selling
  5. trumpeting
  6. acclaiming
  7. touting
Verb
  • Owen’s a pizza maker whose girlfriend (Maya Hawke) wants to explore someone else; advertising jingle singer Allie has been ditched by her best friend (King Princess) for a prince.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The new survey offers no way to suss if the movement began in recent weeks, after Elliott began advertising.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of advertising
Verb
  • Trump most frequently mentions grass while promoting his Washington beautification efforts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For most of the time, Barakos said her home — which is covered in bumper stickers promoting her political views — felt like an island in a neighborhood historically dominated by White working class and relatively conservative residents.
    — Tim Craig, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of promoting
Verb
  • The announcement of Laforteza’s temporary hiatus comes in the wake of member Manon Bannerman announcing her own temporary hiatus in February.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The committee was formed in response to the YMCA of Greater Charlotte announcing a plan to sell the site to Moments of Hope Church, led by Pastor David Chadwick.
    — Chase Jordan August 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of announcing
Verb
  • Seat counts have stopped predicting anything, which means the pricing model underneath thirty years of enterprise software is now unstable in both directions, and everybody selling it knows.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Former homes are now occupied by spice warehouses and stores selling antiques and handicrafts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of selling
Verb
  • The biggest hope was probably SpaceXAI, trumpeting the promise of generative artificial intelligence.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Trump began his second term last year by trumpeting the construction of the Panama Canal during the Roosevelt administration.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of trumpeting
Verb
  • In speeches acclaiming our nation and our leader, we will be told that we (some of us, anyway) are divinely chosen.
    — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Definition of acclaiming
Verb
  • In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the death toll had climbed to 200, thousands had become sick and the president was touting unproven treatments.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • At least that’s what many educational AI platforms are touting.
    — Beth Collums, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of touting
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