ballyhoo

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæliˈhuː/

Noun

ballyhoo (plural ballyhoos)

1. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
2. Noisy shouting or uproar.

Translations

• French: battage
• Russian: шумиха

Translations

• German: Klamauk
• Russian: шум
• Spanish: alboroto, jaleo

Verb

ballyhoo (ballyhoos, present participle ballyhooing; past and past participle ballyhooed)

1. To sensationalise or make grand claims.
   • 1933 — Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat (7 May)

     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 cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.

Translations

• German: marktschreierisch anpreisen
• Spanish: alborotar

Related terms

• ballyhooed

Noun

ballyhoo (plural ballyhoos)

1. Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
   1. Hemiramphus brasiliensis

Translations

• French: aiguillette

Noun

ballyhoo (plural ballyhoos)

1. An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

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