hullabaloo

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhʌləbəˈluː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhʌləbəˈlu/, /ˈhʌləbəˌlu/ Hyphenation: hul‧la‧ba‧loo === Noun === hullabaloo (countable and uncountable, plural hullabaloos) A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: ado, hype, to-do; see also Thesaurus:commotion ==== Alternative forms ==== hallaballoo, hallabaloo, hulabaloo, hullaballoo hellaballoo, hellabaloo (both archaic) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === hullabaloo (third-person singular simple present hullabaloos, present participle hullabalooing, simple past and past participle hullabalooed) (intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hullabaloo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia