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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

  1. (informal) Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
  2. (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

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ballyhoos Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. (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

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ballyhooed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ballyhooed Tense=Past lexicographic
ballyhoos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ballyhooing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

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

  1. Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
  2. Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools. ▸ Hemiramphus brasiliensis

Forms

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ballyhoo Number=Plur lexicographic
ballyhoos Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

Forms

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ballyhoos Number=Plur lexicographic