hullabaloo
Plural: hullabaloos
Noun
- disturbance usually in protest
- A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar.
Verb
- To make a commotion or uproar.
Examples
- They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back.
Origin / Etymology
Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers), hilloa, hullo (variants of “hello”), and similar words.
Synonyms
agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, ado, argy-bargy, bangarang, bobbery, brouhaha, bunfight, bust-up, bustle, chaos, clamour, clatter, commotion, disruption, disturbance, flap, foofaraw, fracas, furor, fuss, hobbleshaw, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hype, kerfuffle, mayhem, merry hell, outcry, palaver, pandemonium, pother, quarrel, riot, rowdydow, ruckus, rumpus, shemozzle, shindy, splatterdash, stir, stooshie, three-ring circus, to-do, tomfoolery, trouble, tumult, unrest, uproar, upstir
Scrabble Score: 15
hullabaloo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhullabaloo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hullabaloo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary