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ballyhoosnounpl. of ballyhoo a state of noisy, confused activityit turned out that the ballyhoo was the result of a movie being filmed on the street ados, alarums and excursions, blathers, bluster, bobberies, bothers, bustles, clatters, clutters(chiefly dialect), coils, commotions, corroborees(Australian), disturbances, dos(or do's, chiefly dialect), foofaraws, fun, furores, furors, fusses, helter-skelters, hoo-has(also hoo-hahs), hooplas, hubble-bubbles, hubbubs, hullabaloos, hurlies, hurly-burlies, hurricanes, hurry-scurries(or hurry-skurries), kerfuffles(chiefly British), moils, pandemoniums, pothers, rows, ruckuses, ructions, rumpuses, shindys(or shindies), splores(Scottish), squalls, stews, stirs, storms, to-dos, tumults, turmoils, uproars, welters, whirls, williwaws, zoos cacophonies, clamors, dins, howls, hue and cries, noises, outcries, rackets, roarsdisorders, upheavalseruptions, flare-ups, flurries, flutters, outbreaks, outburstsbrawls, fracases(or British fracas), frays, hassles, melees(also mêlées), scufflesdithers, fevers, frets, lathers, tizzies calms, hushes, peaces, quiets, quietudes, rests, tranquillities(or tranquilities)orders ballyhoosverbpresent tense third-person singular of ballyhooto praise or publicize lavishly and often excessivelythat reviewer always ballyhoos any book by one of his pet authors blows up, cracks up, cries up, glorifies, touts, trumpets, tub-thumps acclaims, applauds, extols(also extolls), lauds, magnifiescommends, compliments, eulogizesadvances, advertises, announces, blares, blazes, blazons, boosts, heralds, offers, plugs, promotes, publicizesasserts, avers, claims, declares, lays down, makes out, proclaims, pronounces to provide publicity forthe TV networks usually spend the summer months ballyhooing their new fall shows boosts, hypes, pitches, plugs, promotes, publicizes, talks up, touts advertises, barks, merchandises(also merchandizes), sellspushesacclaims, hails, lauds, praisesendorses(also indorses), plumps (for), plunks (for)or plonks (for)recommends, reviewsannounces, broadcasts, publishes beats the drum (for) |