Noun: hullabaloo 'hú-lu-bu,loo
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A state of noisy disturbance, confusion, or commotion
"The proposed tax increase caused a hullabaloo among the citizens";
- agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullaballoo
Derived forms: hullabaloos
Type of: disturbance
Encyclopedia: Hullabaloo