hoo-hah

hoo-ha or hoo-hah  (hhä)

n. Slang

1. A fuss; a disturbance: "the subject of this last hoo-hah" (William Safire).

2. A chortle or laugh: got a good hoo-ha out of that story.

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[Perhaps from Yiddish hu-ha, to-do, uproar, exclamation.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hoo-hah - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" commotion, hoo-ha, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutter disorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order turmoil, upheaval, convulsion - a violent disturbance; "the convulsions of the stock market" earthquake - a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees" incident - a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station" stir, splash - a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" tempest, storm - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot" storm center, storm centre - a center of trouble or disturbance garboil, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion