Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A great noise of many confused voices or sounds; a tumult; uproar; riot.
- n. 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.’
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
WordNet 3.0
- n. loud confused noise from many sources
Etymologies
- Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú! (a battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust). (Wiktionary)
- Probably of Irish Gaelic origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ubub, an interjection of aversion or contempt. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“Gosh, I have got to read her so I'll know what all the hubbub is about!”
“The Welsh cry was "Ubub!" from whence comes our word hubbub, meaning a confusion.”
“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
“The potential for hubbub is also mitigated by the philosophizing, which ends up being refreshingly character-driven.”
“The steroid hubbub is hypocrisy beyond even anything the Republicans could vent about.”
“All the hubbub is just people running off at the mouth because they have nothing better to do.”
“All the hubbub is just people running off at the mouth because they have nothing better to do.”
“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.”
“While I appreciate the accolades and mystique, I really don’t understand what the hubbub is all about.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hubbub’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Gene Wolfe
Please contribute your favorite words from any of Gene Wolfe’s books to this prize-winning list.
In case you come across words in this list which are too commonplace to fit in, please ...gallipot, roost, badelaire, oblesque, execration, dhole, amschaspand, arctother, chalcedony, penitence, asimi, autarch and 839 more...
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Talk Talk
Words for Talking
( open list, randomness )squawk, gab, chatter, chitchat, blab, prattle, blather, discuss, hector, plead, cajole, harangue and 200 more...
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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The weird, the wonderful and the plai...
Loved for their ingenuity, an exact description, or simply for the pure joy of it.
acidulous, aprosdoketon, higgledy-piggledy, lexicographical, ninja, audacious, somnabulist, shivaree, amorphous, quidnunc, glib, melancholy and 353 more...
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sound (quiet)
words for quiet sounds
( randomness, descriptive )sigh, murmur, whisper, whir, rustle, patter, hum, snap, hiss(sss), crackle, bleat, peep and 185 more...
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ficciones's list
encyclopedic
imbroglio, splendour, brilliance, labyrinth, vast, precipice, ebb and flow, tidal, crevasse, resonate, redolent, prudent and 55 more...
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range change
there is a long list of word combos where the one sound change leads to a captivating mini-slogan - near beer, tie dye, jelly belly ..................Here's a list for discovering a new few
range change, new few, dehisce devise, peer fear, fly sky, air there, rear mirror, wry try, mombo combo, middle riddle, fun won, riddle griddle and 82 more...
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6-letter words with precisely 1,2, & ...
allele, anatta, arrear, bedded, bettee, cocoon, doodad, gaggee, googol, hubbub, hammam, hummum and 30 more...
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Choi inspired
Fun words my friend loves and others I introduced to him.
Namby-pamby, Niminy piminy, Nitpick, Nit-wit, Piggly-wiggly, Ping-pong, Pitter-patter, Raggle-taggle, Riff-raff, zoot suit, zig-zag, wishy-washy and 73 more...
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Jenni's List
My Favorite Words
splendiferous, wonderous, calamity, foregone, magnanimous, benevolent, hullabaloo, pandemonium, hubbub, brouhaha, ballyhoo
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Reckon's Word List
Turned On
tintinnabulation, talisman, soliloquy, serendipity, quintessential, rhapsody, plethora, myrrh, palimpsest, panoply, mellifluous, loquacious and 102 more...
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word tank
a couple words
logolepsy, nefarious, quintessential, tintinnabulation, serendipity, rhapsody, palimpsest, panoply, mellifluous, imbue, loquacious, garrulous and 174 more...
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newGRE
mostly from magoosh
imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
Vocabulary building for my quest of GRE 2013
ephemeral, esoteric, rhetoric, censure, egregious, pittance, dupe, mulct, paucity, alacrity, maintain, laconic and 997 more...
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GRE vocab
martinet, churlish, polyglot, aplomb, dissembler, histrionics, prevarication, ignominy, impugn, fastidious, trenchant, perfunctory and 155 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hubbub.
bilby See hokey-pokey. Dec 7, 2009
dlarson Really, I just don't see what it's all about... Dec 7, 2009