Meaning of HUBBUB
| Pronunciation: | | 'hubub
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| | Definition: | | [n] loud confused noise from many sources |
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| | Synonyms: | | brouhaha, katzenjammer, uproar |
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| | See Also: | | noise | |
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| | Definition: | | \Hub"bub\, n. [Cf. {Whoobub}, {Whoop}, {Hoop}, v. i.]
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
--Milton.
This hubbub of unmeaning words. --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | ado, agitation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argument, argumentation, babel, bedlam, Bedlam let loose, bicker, bickering, blast, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, broil, brouhaha, burst, bustle, cacophony, casuistry, chaos, charivari, chirm, churn, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, contention, controversy, conturbation, defense, din, discomposure, discord, disorder, disputation, dispute, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, excitement, fanaticism, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, flyting, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, fussiness, gaff, hassle, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, howl, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, inquietude, jangle, jitters, jumpiness, litigation, logomachy, loud noise, maelstrom, malaise, melee, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, paper war, passage of arms, passion, pell-mell, perturbation, polemic, polemics, pother, racket, rage, rampage, rattle, restlessness, rhubarb, riot, roar, roil, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, rout, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scramble, seethe, seething, set-to, shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, storminess, sweat, swirl, tempestuousness, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, uproar, upset, verbal engagement, vociferation, vortex, war of words, whirl, wildness, wrangling, zeal, zealousness |
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