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ballyhoo en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a shortening of the Irish village Ballyhooly, known for its rowdiness.
Meanings
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(informal) Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
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(informal) Noisy shouting or uproar.
Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
1981, “Elephant Talk”, in Discipline, performed by King Crimson:
Forms
Deriveds
ballyhooer
Synonyms
hoopla
Translations (13)
mk шум (noise shouting or uproar) · bg сензация (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity) · ru шум (noise shouting or uproar) · es alboroto (noise shouting or uproar) · de Klamauk (noise shouting or uproar) · bg патърдия (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity) · ru сенса́ция (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity) · fr battage (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity) · es jaleo (noise shouting or uproar) · ru гам (noise shouting or uproar) · ru шуми́ха (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity) · bg шум (noise shouting or uproar) · bg врява (noise shouting or uproar)
ballyhoo en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a shortening of the Irish village Ballyhooly, known for its rowdiness.
Meanings
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(informal, transitive) To sensationalize or make grand claims.
Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.
1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat (7 May):
Forms
Relateds
ballyhooed
Translations (2)
de marktschreierisch anpreisen (to sensationalize or make grand claims) · es alborotar (to sensationalize or make grand claims)
ballyhoo en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish balajú.
Meanings
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Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
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Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools. ▸ Hemiramphus brasiliensis
Forms
Translations (2)
fi brasiliannokkakala (species of needlefish) · fr aiguillette (species of needlefish)
ballyhoo en · NOUN · etymology 3
Pronunciation
Etymology
Possibly from Spanish balahú (“schooner”).
Meanings
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An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.
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