hubbub
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hub·bub
(hŭb′ŭb′)n.
1. A loud confusing noise: could not be heard over the hubbub of the crowd.
2. A confused situation; a tumult: returned to the hubbub of the city after a peaceful weekend in the country. See Synonyms at noise.
[Probably of Irish origin; akin to Irish abb abb abb, an exclamation of defiance or aggression or abú, abó, a war cry.]
Word History: The word hubbub begins to appear in English in the 1500s, at first in the larger phrase Irish hubbub or otherwise in accounts of events in Ireland. It was originally used to describe the shouting of a crowd or the raising of a hue and cry—often it seems with a note of condescension—and the word was frequently applied by English writers of the 1500s and 1600s to war cries or celebratory jubilation of the indigenous peoples of Africa and the Americas. New England colonists, for example, used hubbub as a term for a rambunctious game played by Native Americans. The word hubbub may be from a source in the Irish language such as abb abb abb, an interjection expressing defiance or aggression. Or it may be related to the Irish exclamation abú (also spelled abó) that is added to family names or slogans to make war cries in Irish. A traditional war cry of the O'Neill family, for example, was lámh dhearg abú, "The Red Hand—abu!" (a red hand being a traditional Irish symbol). The further origins of abú, however, are uncertain. Some scholars have proposed that it is a shortening of Irish go búaidh, "until victory." Other scholars, however, believe that the exclamation ultimately originates from the whooping sounds typically made by an excited crowd to express solidarity or urge on a champion—much like the English word whoop itself.
hubbub
(ˈhʌbʌb)n
1. a confused noise of many voices
2. uproar
[C16: probably from Irish hooboobbes; compare Scottish Gaelic ubub! an exclamation of contempt]
hub•bub
(ˈhʌb ʌb)n.
1. a loud, confused noise.
2. tumult; disorder.
[1545–55; appar. of Irish orig.]
syn: See noise.
Hubbub
a multitude of speakers.Examples: hubbub of parliamentary discussion, 1878; of all languages, 1849.
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| Noun | 1. |  hubbub - loud confused noise from many sourcesnoise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
hubbub
noun
1. noise, racket, din, uproar, cacophony, pandemonium, babel, tumult, hurly-burly a hubbub of excited conversation from over a thousand people
2. hue and cry, confusion, disturbance, riot, disorder, clamour, rumpus, bedlam, brouhaha, ruction (informal), hullabaloo, ruckus (informal) the hubbub over the election
hubbub
nounSounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable:
Translations
ضَجَّه، جَلَبَه، ضَوْضاءهَرْجٌ وَمَرْج، إحْتِجاج
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hubbub
hubbub
(ˈhabab) noun1. a confused noise of many sounds especially voices.
2. uproar; protest.