hubbub
A confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneouslyA confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; an uproar.
» What's all the hubbub about?
Що це за галас?
Через що весь цей галас?
Meaning
4 senses(countable)A confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; an uproar.
Durcheinander, Stimmengewirr, Tohuwabohu
гамgam, переполо́хperepolóx
(broadly, uncountable)Noisy confusion; commotion, uproar; (countable) an instance of this; an ado, a commotion.
(US, historical, uncountable)Synonym of bowl game (“a Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice”).
(countable, obsolete)A sound of people making a battle cry or war cry.
- loud confused noise from many sources
Examples
8 sentencesWhat's all the hubbub about?
Що це за галас?
The origin of this hubbub soon became sufficiently evident.
I hear the hubbub of the children in the background.
ruЯ слышу на заднем плане детские визги.
The hubbub of the market fades in the cool night air.
deDas geschäftige Lärmen des Marktes verrauscht in kühler Abendluft.
The hubbub of the market fades away in the cool evening air.
deDas geschäftige Lärmen des Marktes verrauscht in kühler Abendluft.
Translations
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Origin
In early use, the noun is often mentioned as a cry by Irish people, and so is possibly borIn early use, the noun is often mentioned as a cry by Irish people, and so is possibly borrowed from Irish; compare Irish ababú, abú (“used as a battle cry”), and Scottish Gaelic ub, ub, ubub (“used to express contempt, etc.”), ubh ubh (“used to express disgust”).
Used by New England colonists (17th–18th century) to imitate the sounds hub, hub, hub cried by the players: see the 1634 quotation.
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plural: hubbubsSynonyms
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