hullabaloo

UK /ˌhʌləbəˈluː/ US /ˌhʌləbəˈlu/
noun 1verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

1

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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