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hullabaloo (oh) and desperate (iou)


hullabaloo (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Perhaps from hello + Scottish English balloo a word used to make children keep quiet]
excited talk, newspaper stories etc, especially when something surprising or shocking is happening
-synonym fuss fuss
ĦĦThere was a huge hullabaloo when the book was first published.
a lot of noise, especially made by people shouting
-synonym commotion commotion
ĦĦShe looked up to see what all the hullabaloo was about.

desperate (iou)



desperate verb trans. rare. E19.
[from the adjective, after verbs in -ATE3.]
Make desperate.