hubble-bubble

noun

hub·​ble-bub·​ble ˈhə-bəl-ˌbə-bəl 

1

: water pipe sense 2

2

: a flurry of sound or activity : commotion

Synonyms

• ado
• alarums and excursions
• ballyhoo
• blather
• bluster
• bobbery
• bother
• bustle
• clatter
• clutter [chiefly dialect]
• coil
• commotion
• corroboree [Australian]
• disturbance
• do [chiefly dialect]
• foofaraw
• fun
• furor
• furore
• fuss
• helter-skelter
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• hoopla
• hubbub
• hullabaloo
• hurly
• hurly-burly
• hurricane
• hurry
• hurry-scurry
• hurry-skurry
• kerfuffle [chiefly British]
• moil
• pandemonium
• pother
• row
• ruckus
• ruction
• rumpus
• shindy
• splore [Scottish]
• squall
• stew
• stir
• storm
• to-do
• tumult
• turmoil
• uproar
• welter
• whirl
• williwaw
• zoo

Examples of hubble-bubble in a Sentence

amidst the hubble-bubble of Christmas morning we forgot to walk the dog

Word History

Etymology

reduplication of bubble

First Known Use

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1