Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loud confusing noise.
- noun A confused situation; a tumult: synonym: noise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A great noise of many confused voices or sounds; a tumult; uproar; riot.
- noun An old game played by the Indians who formerly inhabited New England, with bones and a platter or tray, and which was accompanied with much noise and the shouting of the word ‘Hubhub’ or ‘Hubbub.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
confused uproar ,commotion ,tumult orracket .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun loud confused noise from many sources
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Gosh, I have got to read her so I'll know what all the hubbub is about!
Georgia Author Mary Kay Andrews ____Maggie 2008
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After all the pomp and circumstance was over, the current stars of the nation's top offense finally showed what all the hubbub is about.
USATODAY.com 2008
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The Welsh cry was "Ubub!" from whence comes our word hubbub, meaning a confusion.
Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort
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The new hubbub is about building perceived value, with the tiny burgers often sold in bundles of two, three or even six.
In tough times, restaurants try mini burgers to get a nibble 2009
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The potential for hubbub is also mitigated by the philosophizing, which ends up being refreshingly character-driven.
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The potential for hubbub is also mitigated by the philosophizing, which ends up being refreshingly character-driven.
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The steroid hubbub is hypocrisy beyond even anything the Republicans could vent about.
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All the hubbub is just people running off at the mouth because they have nothing better to do.
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"All the hubbub is just people running off at the mouth because they have nothing better to do."
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For instance, much of the discussion of safety in the recent hubbub is centered on a figure of seven deaths cited by NJBIZ ( "New rules in a medical market fight"), a statewide business publication, as pointed out by the Record.
Archive 2007-07-01 Dan 2007
dlarson commented on the word hubbub
Really, I just don't see what it's all about...
December 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word hubbub
See hokey-pokey.
December 7, 2009