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Meaning of HULLABALOO

Pronunciation:  'hulubu`loo

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 Definition: [n]  disturbance usually in protest
 
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 Synonyms: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval
 
 See Also: disturbance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hul`la*ba*loo"\, n. [Perh. a corruption of
hurly-burly.]
A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
 
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 Related Terms: ado, agitation, babel, bedlam, Bedlam let loose, blast, bobbery, bother, botheration, brawl, brouhaha, burst, bustle, charivari, chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, din, discord, donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, feery-fary, ferment, fidgetiness, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteriness, fracas, free-for-all, fuss, fussiness, gaff, hell broke loose, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, jangle, loud noise, maelstrom, noise, noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, rattle, restlessness, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scramble, shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, sweat, swirl, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, tumult, unquiet, uproar, vociferation, vortex, whirl, whisper
 

 

 

 

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