hoopla
hoopla · hooplas
кутерьма, шумиха, ажиотаж
Bohei, Gedöns, Rummel
A bustling to-do, excited speech or noiseA bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
/ˈhuːplɑ/
» Why so much hoopla?
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
Bohei, Gedöns, Rummel
кутерьма́kuterʹmá, шуми́хаšumíxa, ажиота́жažiotáž
(countable, uncountable)A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.
More definitions
- blatant or sensational promotion
Examples
1 sentencesWhy so much hoopla?
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
clamour, brouhaha:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clamour, brouhaha:
Origin
Earlier houp-la, hoop la, first attested in c. 1877, probably from French houp-là, oup-làEarlier houp-la, hoop la, first attested in c. 1877, probably from French houp-là, oup-là (“upsadaisy, upsy-daisy”), a cry to various animals close to humans like horses and dogs, of likely onomatopoeic origin (but see là). Compare interjections like whoop, ahoy, hoo.
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Forms
plural: hooplasSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable