hul·la·ba·loo

also hul·la·bal·loo (hŭl′ə-bə-lo͞o′)

n. pl. hul·la·ba·loos also hul·la·bal·loos

A loud noise or a condition of noisy confusion. See Synonyms at noise.

[Alteration of obsolete hollo-ballo, probably from holla, hello; see hello.]

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hullabaloo

also hullaballoo
noun

1. Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable:

babel, clamor, din, hubbub, noise, pandemonium, racket, rumpus, tumult, uproar.

2. Offensively loud and insistent utterances, especially of disapproval:

clamor, outcry, rumpus, uproar, vociferation.

Idiom: hue and cry.

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References in classic literature

Once more, with beating of toms-toms and wild hullaballoo, his picturesque figure strode across the printed sheet.

View in context

Amid all these hullaballoo, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Sanchez release from jail would not come to pass during his watch.

Not a ghost of a chance

Young John Denver finds himself in the middle of a social media hullaballoo when his classmate uploads a video of him beating up a fellow classmate.

Screen Shots / Dispatches from Cinemalaya 2019 in Davao (second of two parts)

As the music gets in full swing, the cars are transformed into a painted sea of colour as the hullaballoo builds to a spectacular full-throttle creation of a giant-sized rainbow.

Not-to-be-missed highlights

He said the government had not been able to do accountability of the plunderers and there was only hullaballoo in the name of accountability.

JI calls for judicial probe into judge's video

He said the government had not been able to carry on the accountability of the plunderers and there was only hullaballoo in the name of accountability.

Siraj calls upon CJP to constitute a judicial commission to probe into the issue of alleged video of Accountability Court judge

interruptions and hullaballoo of opposition benches.

Protesting opposition stage walkout form budget session

During all such hullaballoo, the chair announced the assent of the governor to the Sindh Prisons and Correction Services Bill, 2019.

Amid noisy protest, PA demands Zardari's release from NAB custody

The festive noise swelled, seeming to know no limits, a hullaballoo of Humba humba humba ...

MORNING SERIAL; The Element of Water

Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, unable to comprehend what the hullaballoo was all about, left us scratching our heads.

When history and geography collide

At least the Dhodak hullaballoo left behind a small gas processing plant there; Kekra-1 has been capped after costing about $100 million.

Imran Khan's Dhodak

'There has been hullaballoo concerning the number, perhaps our neighbours have not done it.

Kisii to educate residents on Huduma Namba