hubbub

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhʌbʌb/ Hyphenation: hub‧bub === Etymology 1 === In early use, the noun is often mentioned as a cry by Irish people, and so is possibly borrowed from Irish; compare Irish ababú, abú (“used as a battle cry”), and Scottish Gaelic ub, ub, ubub (“used to express contempt, etc.”), ubh ubh (“used to express disgust”). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== hubbub (countable and uncountable, plural hubbubs) (countable) A confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; an uproar. [from mid 16th c.] Synonyms: (Ireland, archaic) hubbuboo, hue and cry, racket, tumult (by extension, uncountable) Noisy confusion; commotion, uproar; (countable) an instance of this; an ado, a commotion. Synonyms: (Ireland, archaic) hubbuboo, tumult; see also Thesaurus:commotion (countable, obsolete) A sound of people making a battle cry or war cry. Synonym: (Ireland, archaic) hubbuboo ===== Alternative forms ===== hub-bub whobub (obsolete) ===== Related terms ===== hubbaboo, hubbuboo (Ireland, archaic) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubbing or hubbubing, simple past and past participle hubbubbed or hubbubed) (intransitive, rare) To make a confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; to cause a racket or tumult. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Used by New England colonists (17th–18th century) to imitate the sounds hub, hub, hub cried by the players: see the 1634 quotation. ==== Noun ==== hubbub (uncountable) (US, historical) Synonym of bowl game (“a Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice”). ===== Translations ===== === References ===