hullabaloo

noun hul·la·ba·loo \ˈhə-lə-bə-ˌlü\

: a very noisy and confused situation

: a situation in which many people are upset and angry about something

plural hul·la·ba·loos

Full Definition of HULLABALOO

: din; also : uproar

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perhaps from hallo + Scots balloo, interjection used to hush children

First Known Use: 1762

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, hubbub, commotion, 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

HULLABALOO Defined for Kids

noun hul·la·ba·loo \ˈhə-lə-bə-ˌlü\

plural hul·la·ba·loos

: a confused noise : uproar, commotion

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