hullabaloo
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hullabaloo
- /ˌhʌləbəˈluː/ UK
- /ˌhʌləbəˈlu/ US
- /ˈhʌləbəˌlu/ US
Where it comes from
Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers), hilloa, hullo (variants of “hello”), and similar words.
noun hullabaloos · hallaballoo · hallabaloo · hulabaloo · hullaballoo · hellaballoo
- A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
verb hullabaloos · hullabalooing · hullabalooed
- To make a commotion or uproar. They roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe.
