Hullabaloo \Hul`la*ba*loo"\, n. [Perh. a corruption of
hurly-burly.]
A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hullabaloo
n : disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement,
turmoil, upheaval]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval
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