hullabaloo
hul·la·ba·loo
hullabaloo · hullabaloos · hullabalooed · hullabalooing
viel Aufheben machen, einen Rummel veranstalten, einen Wirbel machen, für Wirbel sorgen
To make a commotion or uproarTo make a commotion or uproar.
UK/ˌhʌləbəˈluː/US/ˌhʌləbəˈlu/
» Tom and Mary wanted to get married on the quiet to avoid all the hullabaloo.
Tom und Maria wollten sich heimlich trauen lassen, um dem ganzen Affenspektakel zu entgehen.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make a commotion or uproar.
viel Aufheben machen, einen Rummel veranstalten, einen Wirbel machen
Examples
1 sentencesTom and Mary wanted to get married on the quiet to avoid all the hullabaloo.
deTom und Maria wollten sich heimlich trauen lassen, um dem ganzen Affenspektakel zu entgehen.
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
to make a commotion or uproar:
Origin
Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; usedPossibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers), hilloa, hullo (variants of “hello”), and similar words.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
hullabaloos, hullabalooing, hullabalooed, hullabalooed| Base form | hullabaloo · to hullabaloo |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hullabaloos |
| Present participle | hullabalooing |
| Past simple | hullabalooed |
| Past participle | hullabalooed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle