hullabaloo
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, considerable, shocking
VERB + HULLABALOO
avoid, made
PREP.
about
ADV.
such
Definitions
noun
A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar.
They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
[…]The truth of all this hullaballoo was that Rigby had a sly pension which, by an inevitable association of ideas, he always connected with the maintenance of an Aristocracy.
verb
To make a commotion or uproar.
They roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe.
"Nonsense, child," said my father, smiling. "Did you ever see a stone thrown into the pond? there's a great splash, and a few circles on the water, and that's about all, isn't it? Well, when I die there'll be a great splash of tears and hullaballooing, and a few circles of tender recollections, and then the surface will smooth itself over, and it'll be all right again."
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Synonyms
noun — disturbance usually in protest
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Idioms & Phrases
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6They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
Wiktionary[…]The truth of all this hullaballoo was that Rigby had a sly pension which, by an inevitable association of ideas, he always connected with the maintenance of an Aristocracy.
WiktionaryCertainly they had brought with them some rotten hippo–meat, which couldn’t have lasted very long, anyway, even if the pilgrims hadn’t, in the midst of a shocking hullabaloo, thrown a considerable qua
WiktionaryThey roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe.
Wiktionary"Nonsense, child," said my father, smiling. "Did you ever see a stone thrown into the pond? there's a great splash, and a few circles on the water, and that's about all, isn't it? Well, when I die the
WiktionaryHo, hullaballoing clan / Agape, with woe / In your beaks, on the gabbing capes!
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