First Known Use: 1555
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hubbub
noun hub·bub \ˈhə-ˌbəb\
: a loud mixture of sound or voices
: a situation in which there is much noise, confusion, excitement, and activity
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Origin of HUBBUB
perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub, interjection of contempt
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- Synonyms
- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, commotion, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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hubbub
noun hub·bub \ˈhə-ˌbəb\
Definition of HUBBUB for Kids
: uproar
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