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ballyhoo
/bæliˈhuː/
noun 5verb 1
Collocations
3VERB + BALLYHOO
cannot
BALLYHOO + NOUN
it's, ourselves
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
2
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
1
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
1
Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
2
Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
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Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
Wiktionary02
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
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