Definition of HOOPLA

hoopla

Plural: hooplas

Noun

  • Excitement, commotion, or a lively, noisy fuss.
  • blatant or sensational promotion
  • A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
  • A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.

Examples

  • There was much HOOPLA when she played ’QUARTZ’ for a triple word score in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

Earlier houp-la, hoop la, first attested in c. 1877, probably from French houp-là, oup-là (“upsadaisy, upsy-daisy”), a cry to various animals close to humans like horses and dogs, of likely onomatopoeic origin (but see là). Compare interjections like whoop, ahoy, hoo.

Synonyms

ballyhoo, hype, plug

Scrabble Score: 11

hoopla: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hoopla: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hoopla: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hoopla: valid Words With Friends Word