hoopla
noun
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Synonyms for hoopla
Synonyms
ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, 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), 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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For all the official hoopla surrounding the level of care supposedly available to suffering detainees in its ambit, Krome, like most other detainee facilities, operates far out of range of sustained public and media scrutiny. — Ken Silverstein, The New Republic, "Shock Corridor," 19 Aug. 2019 SportsPulse: With all the hoopla surrounding Kawhi Leonard and Paul George's arrival to L.A. one thing can't be lost: Jerry West's magical touch on the Clippers. — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, "Kawhi Leonard conspiracy theory only heightens Lakers-Clippers intrigue," 7 July 2019 For three days, whatever the Angels did or did not accomplish on the field took a backseat to the hoopla of Pujols’ first game at Busch Stadium since signing a decade-long contract with the Angels in December 2011. — Maria Torres, latimes.com, "Angels beat Cardinals to conclude Albert Pujols’ emotional return to St. Louis," 23 June 2019 For example, all those folks coming into town for the hoops hoopla effectively drove away other tourists, either by virtue of hotel rooms being booked or just folks who don’t want to deal with crowds that weekend. — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, "NCAA Final Four: How many people came, and how much did they spend? (And did it beat the Super Bowl?)," 25 June 2019 Developers and city officials gathered Wednesday, amid much hoopla, to break ground for Pearl Pointe, a complex of 184 units that will be built by Peron Development. — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, "Burlington City hopes to spark a rebirth with luxury riverfront apartments," 13 June 2018 Holloway will have little time to be swept up in the hoopla. — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "UF track star Grant Holloway vies for national titles for himself and Gators," 4 June 2019 There has been a bit of a hoopla in the news over a class-action lawsuit brought against Ford claiming that the new 2019 Ford Ranger fails to meet fuel-economy expectations set in advertising. — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, "What Kind of Fuel Economy Does the 2019 Ford Ranger Get in the Real World?," 13 May 2019 But years ago, May Day was celebrated with nearly the same springy hoopla on the first of the month, year after year. — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, "Do You Remember May Basket Day?," 30 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hoopla.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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