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hullabaloo

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h?l?b??lu?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?h?l?b??lu/, /?h?l?b??lu/
  • Hyphenation: hul?la?ba?loo

Noun

hullabaloo (plural hullabaloos)

  1. A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.]
    Synonyms: ado, hype, to-do; see also Thesaurus:commotion

Alternative forms

  • hallabaloo
  • hellaballoo (rare)
  • hullaballoo

Translations

Verb

hullabaloo (third-person singular simple present hullabaloos, present participle hullabalooing, simple past and past participle hullabalooed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar.

Translations

References

Further reading

  • hullabaloo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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caterwauling

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?kæt???w?l??/

Verb

caterwauling

  1. present participle of caterwaul

Noun

caterwauling (plural caterwaulings)

  1. A sound that caterwauls.
    • 1918, Eleanor H. Porter, Oh, Money! Money!
      Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.

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