Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun noisy or blatant advertizing or publicity.
- transitive verb to advertize or publicize noisily or blatantly.
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- noun An inshore, surface-dwelling
species ofneedlefish forming sizeableschools . - noun An
unseaworthy orslovenly ship . - noun
Sensational orclamorous advertising orpublicity . - noun
Noisy shouting oruproar . - verb To
sensationalise or makegrand claims .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun blatant or sensational promotion
- verb advertize noisily or blatantly
Etymologies
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Examples
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The next town we come to there was a county fair, and the doctor run acrost an old pal of his'n who had a show on the grounds and wanted to hire him fur what he called a ballyhoo man.
Danny's Own Story 1912
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That, I venture to say, when the "ballyhoo" is stripped off, is the object of the "New Deal."
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Or are you just objecting to the ballyhoo, which is predictable from any opposition party in Parliament even the CPC, if the shoe were on the other foot.
Liberals Manufacture Controversy, Rattle Election Sabres « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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Again, there is the very characteristic American word ballyhoo, signifying the harangue of a ballyhoo-man, or spieler48 (that is, barker) before a cheap show, or, by metaphor, any noisy speech.
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences Henry Louis 1921
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Ross must be banking on his 'celebrity pulling power' leverage to get him through the 'ballyhoo'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Ross must be banking on his 'celebrity pulling power' leverage to get him through the 'ballyhoo'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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| George Monbiot It may not be racist, but it's a question I'm tired of hearing | Ariane Sherine He need not 'ballyhoo' a 'black agenda' but solving problems that affect African-Americans would strengthen the US as a whole plan international. woking, surrey.
The Guardian World News Marcus Tanner 2010
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Amid so much ballyhoo, it's always healthy to find dissenting voices.
Pepe Escobar: Is Brazil the New United States? Pepe Escobar 2010
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Putting aside the irony of his having to ballyhoo "microstyle" through the implementation of "Big Style," it must be said that Johnson does make myriad important declarations about the construction of thoughts so they're rhythmic, and metaphoric, are persuasive when appropriately detailed, are even poetic -- declarations at which Strunk and White would undoubtedly nod their heads approvingly and which certainly satisfy the revered journalist's ABC accuracy, brevity, clarity.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Simon Garfield's Enthralling Just My Type, Christopher Johnson's Less Than Enthralling Microstyle David Finkle 2011
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During that period when Lumet's film was getting all the ballyhoo, he joined in on the press day that all the journos there knew was an important occasion.
Brad Balfour: Remembering the Late Great Director Sidney Lumet Through One of His Last Interviews Brad Balfour 2011
bilby commented on the word ballyhoo
Hoo's on first.
December 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word ballyhoo
I don't know.
December 13, 2007
bilby commented on the word ballyhoo
"When the House Commission for Un-American Activities was officially called a witch-hunt, one group of radical women suddenly realised that that was what they wanted to be, so WITCH, Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell, was formed. Ballyhoo was their business and from the beginning they were good at it. Dressed in black and riding broomsticks they hexed the Chase Manhattan Bank, distorting the familiar slogan (You Have A Friend In The Chase Manhattan) in a fashion fatuous enough for J. Walter Thompson himself (You Have A Fiend In The Chase Manhattan). When they bewitched Wall Street the market obligingly suffered a frisson of five points and then pulled itself together again. Bra burning and invading the annual Bride Fair in Madison Square Garden were good fun and good copy too. Nowadays WITCH is a little leery of the Tactical Police Force and has gone underground and anonymous, a heavy fate for ballyhoo."
- 'The Slag-Heap Erupts', Germaine Greer, 1970.
March 28, 2008