hoopla
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hoopla
- /ˈhuːplɑ/
Where it comes from
Earlier houp-la, hoop la, first attested in c. 1877, probably from French houp-là, oup-là (“upsadaisy, upsy-daisy”), a cry to various animals close to humans like horses and dogs, of likely onomatopoeic origin (but see là). Compare interjections like whoop, ahoy, hoo.
noun hooplas · hooplah
- A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise. Say you don't know me, or recognize my face / Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place / Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight / Too many runaways eating up the night
- A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.
