What does ballyhoo mean?
Ballyhoo means (informal) Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity..
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/bæliˈhuː/ · noun
(informal) Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity..
Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
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.
Use ballyhoo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ballyhoo means (informal) Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity..
Common synonyms include hoopla, plug, hype.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
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