Hullabaloo

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hullabaloo \Hul`la*ba*loo"\, n. [Perh. a corruption of
     hurly-burly.]
     A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hullabaloo
       n : disturbance usually in protest [syn: {agitation}, {excitement},
            {turmoil}, {upheaval}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "hullabaloo":
     Bedlam let loose, ado, agitation, babel, bedlam, blast, bobbery,
     bother, botheration, brawl, brouhaha, burst, bustle, charivari,
     chirm, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, commotion, din, discord,
     donnybrook, drunken brawl, dustup, feery-fary, ferment,
     fidgetiness, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteriness,
     fracas, free-for-all, fuss, fussiness, gaff, hell broke loose,
     howl, hubbub, hue and cry, jangle, loud noise, maelstrom, noise,
     noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, rattle,
     restlessness, rhubarb, roar, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus,
     scramble, shindy, shivaree, spasm, spurt, stew, stir, sweat, swirl,
     thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, tumult, unquiet, uproar,
     vociferation, vortex, whirl, whisper