- hullabaloo
- noun (plural -loos) Etymology: perhaps from hallo + Scots balloo, interjection used to hush children Date: 1762 din; also uproar
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hullabaloo — hul|la|ba|loo [ˌhʌləbəˈlu:, ˈhʌləbəlu:] n [singular] informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from hello + Scottish English balloo a word used to make children keep quiet] 1.) excited talk, newspaper stories etc, especially when something… … Dictionary of contemporary English
