hubbub
See also: hub-bub
English
Alternative forms
- whobub (obsolete)
Etymology
Mid 16thc. Perhaps from Irish; compare Irish ababú!, abú! (battle-cry), Gaelic ub! ub! (expressing contempt, etc.), ubh ubh! (expressing disgust).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhʌbʌb/
Noun
hubbub (plural hubbubs)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:commotion
Translations
A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
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Verb
hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)
- (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.
- 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
- It becomes a grotto, hubbubbing with more noise than any class on a school visit could make, the air mobbed by breathless chatter about life and the transfer window.
- 2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
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