HUBBUB

hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer

(noun) loud confused noise from many sources

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hubbub (plural hubbubs)

A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

Synonyms

• See also commotion

Verb

hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubbing or hubbubing, simple past and past participle hubbubbed or hubbubed)

(intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.

Source: Wiktionary


Hub"bub, n. Etym: [Cf. Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, v. i.]

Definition: A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar. Milton. This hubbub of unmeaning words. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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