Usually means: Excessive publicity or fuss; commotion.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word ballyhoo:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. ballyhoo: Merriam-Webster
  2. ballyhoo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ballyhoo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ballyhoo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ballyhoo: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ballyhoo, ballyhoo: Wordnik
  7. ballyhoo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ballyhoo: Wiktionary
  9. ballyhoo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ballyhoo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ballyhoo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ballyhoo: Dictionary.com
  13. ballyhoo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Ballyhoo (South African band), Ballyhoo (album), Ballyhoo (magazine), Ballyhoo (video game), Ballyhoo, Ballyhoo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. ballyhoo: Rhymezone
  16. ballyhoo: FreeDictionary.org
  17. ballyhoo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. ballyhoo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. ballyhoo: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  20. ballyhoo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  21. ballyhoo: Merriam-Webster

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ballyhoo: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ballyhoo, ballyhoo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ballyhoo, ballyhoo: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ballyhooed as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
▸ noun:  Noisy shouting or uproar.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To sensationalize or make grand claims.
▸ noun:  Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
▸ noun:  Hemiramphus brasiliensis
▸ noun:  An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

Similar:
hoopla, hype, plug, ballyhooer, clamor, clamouring, hullabaloo, hallaloo, peal, clamourer, more...

Opposite:
publicity, publicity stunt, publicity campaign

Types:
publicity, promotion, hype, publicity stunt, advertising, more...

Phrases:
ballyhoo artist, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, more...

Adjectives:
much, great, political, such, old, less, big, american, usual, considerable, promotional


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Similar:
hoopla, hype, plug, ballyhooer, clamor, clamouring, hullabaloo, hallaloo, peal, clamourer, more...

Opposite:
publicity, publicity stunt, publicity campaign

Types:
publicity, promotion, hype, publicity stunt, advertising, more...

Phrases:
ballyhoo artist, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, more...

Adjectives:
much, great, political, such, old, less, big, american, usual, considerable, promotional



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