ballyhoo

UK /bæliˈhuː/ US /bæliˈhuː/
noun 5verb 1

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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