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hullabaloo
(hul¦la|ba¦loo)
Pronunciation:
/ˌhʌləbəˈluː/
noun
[
in singular
]
informal
a commotion; a fuss:
remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball?
Origin:
mid 18th century
: reduplication of
hallo
,
hullo
, etc.
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