ballyhoo
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Synonyms for ballyhoo
Synonyms
ado, alarums and excursions, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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And after much ballyhoo, it was revealed that 2019 will be the year of King Greg and King Marty. — Michael Dumas, AL.com, "Show Us Your Mardi Gras Gowns: LaShe's embark on an 'Underwater Fantasy'," 7 Feb. 2018 Much has been the ballyhoo, and this superb show earns it. — John Timpane, Philly.com, "'Lights Out' at People's Light: Dulé Hill in Nat 'King' Cole's agony and ecstasy," 19 Oct. 2017 Expectations were stoked by months of hype and ballyhoo, with almost 11 million social media posts about the eclipse in the last seven days, according to Talkwalker Inc., a social media analytics company in New York. — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, "Millions in U.S. Look Skyward During Solar Eclipse," 21 Aug. 2017 No rematch, no do-over, no more circuit of coarse promotion and ballyhoo. — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, "Mayweather-McGregor tells more about sports fans than it does the fighters," 27 Aug. 2017 But no-one was laughing yesterday as the ballyhoo around Amazon's garage sale triggered the latest in a series of gut-wrenching sell-offs in retail stocks. — Alan Murray, Fortune, "CEO Daily: Tuesday, 11th July," 11 July 2017 There’s been much ballyhoo, and rightly so, over Fargo star Ewan McGregor pulling off not one, but two roles in the show’s upcoming third season. — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, "Fargo’s Most Impressive Double-Act Is One You May Not See Coming," 19 Apr. 2017 Back then, some medical ethicists arched eyebrows over these procedures and an accompanying ballyhoo in the news media. — Clyde Haberman, New York Times, "Artificial Hearts Ticking Along Decades After Jarvik-7 Debate," 20 Mar. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ballyhoo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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