hullabaloo
noun
hul·la·ba·loo
ˈhə-lə-bə-ˌlü 
plural hullabaloos
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 …—
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DiscoverSomebody heard the splash and they raised an awful hullabaloo. 'He's gone! Lower the boats! …'—Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad… Hunt and her pack of highly trained dogs set off a hellacious hullabaloo, yelling and barking, discharging firecrackers …—Christine Paige
Christine Paige2
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
Laura Z. HobsonSunday was a big day for the Philadelphia Phillies mascot … . It was his 40th birthday, and there was a big hullabaloo.—Liz Roscher
Liz RoscherThere's been a lot of hullabaloo recently about the effects that grapefruit can have on certain meds.—Chanie Kirschner
Chanie KirschnerWhen 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
Josh SorokachSynonyms
- ado
- alarums and excursions
- 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
- hoo-hah
- hoopla
- hubble-bubble
- hubbub
- hurly
- hurly-burly
- hurricane
- hurry
- hurry-scurry
- 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
Examples of hullabaloo in a Sentence
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
Colin O’Sullivan’s 2018 book, The Dark Manual, is a one-off, but then so is Blake Crouch’s 2016 novel, Dark Matter, and Apple TV+ just announced a second season of its namesake adaption of that dimension-hopscotching hullabaloo.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Two seasons ago, Brock Purdy got introduced to this 49ers-Cowboys hullabaloo when coach Kyle Shanahan showed highlights of their 1990s duels, before Purdy’s rookie season peaked with a divisional-round victory over Dallas.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
But, no, the decision by the Swatch Group was that the pieces, although not limited, would be sold through a select number of Swatch outlets only—seemingly unaware of the hullabaloo this would generate.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
But while Baldoni is getting plenty of static here (he’s gone so far as to hire a veteran crisis PR manager who counts Johnny Depp among her clients), the hullabaloo has many online looking a little more closely at Lively, who is showing her face on the big screen for the first time in four years.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Two seasons ago, Brock Purdy got introduced to this 49ers-Cowboys hullabaloo when coach Kyle Shanahan showed highlights of their 1990s duels, before Purdy’s rookie season peaked with a divisional-round victory over Dallas.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2024
But, no, the decision by the Swatch Group was that the pieces, although not limited, would be sold through a select number of Swatch outlets only—seemingly unaware of the hullabaloo this would generate.
—Jeremy White, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
But while Baldoni is getting plenty of static here (he’s gone so far as to hire a veteran crisis PR manager who counts Johnny Depp among her clients), the hullabaloo has many online looking a little more closely at Lively, who is showing her face on the big screen for the first time in four years.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Hullabaloo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hullabaloo. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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