noun · countable / uncountable · rare

hullabaloo

hul·la·ba·loo

hullabaloo · hullabaloos

тарарам

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A clamour, a commotionA clamour, a commotion; a fuss 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 senses

(countable, uncountable)A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar.
They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
Aufheben, Aufregung, Aufruhr
тарара́мtararám

More definitions

disturbance usually in protest

Examples

1 sentences

Tom 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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

clamour, commotion, fuss or uproar:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

clamour, commotion, fuss or uproar:

Origin

Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used

Possibly 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.

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