Dictionary

hoo-ha en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhuːˌhɑː/ (UK)
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Etymology

Perhaps from Yiddish הו־האַ (hu-ha, “a hullabaloo”). The second sense is likely expressive; compare such similar terms in other languages as Spanish juju.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A fuss, an uproar, a commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.
   • Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment. 2023 February 20, Vanessa Friedman, “Don Lemon, Nikki Haley and the Lessons of a Hoodie”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • There was a big hoo-ha about it in the papers, and then the world completely forgot the matter.
2. (countable, euphemistic, slang, uncountable) The vagina, the vulva.
   • She didn't want to lose their childish battle of wills, but neither did she want some parasite swimming up her hoo-ha. 2009, Lexi Ryan, Stilettos, Inc., page 163:
   • His mother later expressed disappointment that she'd been wrong, but by then, Belinda had a butterfly on her hoo-ha. 2010, Dee Tenorio, All Or Nothing, page 54:
   • Tara Davis-Woodhall, an American who placed sixth in the long jump at the Tokyo Games and took silver at last year’s world championships, reacted with equal parts humor and horror, commenting: “Wait my hoo haa is gonna be out.” 2024 April 13, Tara Davis-Woodhall, quotee, “‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track kit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Did that make her a good judge of character, or a fool who was letting her hoo-ha do her thinking for her? 2009, Linda Howard, Burn, page 242:

Forms

Relateds

brouhaha

Synonyms

ado · ferment · merry hell · hullabaloo · chaos · flutter · fracas · clamour · quarrel · stooshie · commotion · pandemonium · uproar · flap · palaver · fuss · pother · rumpus · clatter · unrest · mayhem · disturbance · tomfoolery · stir · argy-bargy · bustle · trouble · outcry · hoo-hah · bust-up · hobbleshaw · hubbub · splatterdash · kerfuffle · three-ring circus · bangarang · disruption · ruckus · bobbery · furor · upstir · hoo-ha · shindy · rowdydow · turmoil · hurly-burly · riot · bunfight · foofaraw · tumult · shemozzle · brouhaha · to-do

Translations (30)

fi hulabaloo (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · es jaleo (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · it brusio (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · es escandalera (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca gatzara (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fr bordel (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca avalot (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca aldarull (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · nl ophef (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fr chahut (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · nl drukte (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca rebombori (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fi kohu (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · nl herrie (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · es barullo (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca brogit (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · es alboroto (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · sv ståhej (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca esvalot (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fr tumulte (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · ca cridòria (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fi hässäkkä (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · af herrie (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fr tapage (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fr brouhaha (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · es algazara (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fi haloo (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · es descalzaperros (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · af ophef (a fuss, commotion, uproar) · fi meteli (a fuss, commotion, uproar)