All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.
the hubbub surrounding the film star
We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.
What's all the hubbub about?
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One group that hasn’t gotten much of a hearing above the hubbub is the US electorate.—Mark Niquette, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2025 To escape the hubbub, or to snag a little shut-eye, people turn to the parks.—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025 Days away from the opening, there was already the hubbub of conversation of Parisians and even some regulars from New York.—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025 After all this hubbub sent shockwaves throughout the group, the two of them can sit down and communicate in the name of civility.—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hubbub
Word History
Etymology
perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub, interjection of contempt
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