hellaballoo

noun

variant of hullabaloo

1

informal : a loud, continued noise or mixture of noises : din

Why do roosters crow? If they're like insects and frogs, that hullabaloo is an ad for a mate …

—Discover

Somebody heard the splash and they raised an awful hullabaloo. 'He's gone! Lower the boats! …'

—Joseph Conrad

… Hunt and her pack of highly trained dogs set off a hellacious hullabaloo, yelling and barking, discharging firecrackers …

—Christine Paige

2

informal : a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance : uproar, fuss

Would there be such a hullabaloo about the violence in her books if they had been written by a man?

—Laura Z. Hobson

Sunday was a big day for the Philadelphia Phillies mascot … . It was his 40th birthday, and there was a big hullabaloo.

—Liz Roscher

There's been a lot of hullabaloo recently about the effects that grapefruit can have on certain meds.

—Chanie Kirschner

When I heard the series would finally be available to stream on Hulu, I decided to finally see what all the hullabaloo was about.

—Josh Sorokach

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