OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24141

ballyhoo

/bæliˈhuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alboroto • jaleo
Noisy shouting or uproar.
Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
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📚 verb • entry_id 24142

ballyhoo

/bæliˈhuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alborotar
To sensationalize or make grand claims.
Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We canno…
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