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In some senses, ballyhoo is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
Noisy shouting or uproar.
Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
verb
To sensationalize or make grand claims.
Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.
noun
Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.