Hubbub

Quick meaning: Hubbub is a noun meaning (countable) A confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; an uproar.

Meaning

(countable) A confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; an uproar.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, uncountable) Noisy confusion; commotion, uproar; (countable) an instance of this; an ado, a commotion.
2. (countable, obsolete) A sound of people making a battle cry or war cry.
3. (intransitive, rare) To make a confused sound of a crowd of people shouting or speaking simultaneously; to cause a racket or tumult.
4. (US, historical) Synonym of bowl game (“a Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice”).

Example Sentences

A scene of uproar and hubbub ensued that defies description.

[T]he mighty Amsterdam, […] its Exchange resounding with the endless hubbub of all the languages spoken by civilised men.

They heard a noyſe of many bagpipes ſhrill, / And ſhrieking Hububs them approching nere, / VVhich all the foreſt did vvith horrour fill: […]

[T]hey asked the reaſon of the hubbub, and tumult. And vvith that every man began to tell his ovvn tale, ſo that nothing could be heard diſtinctly: […]

Word Forms

• hubbubs
• hub-bub
• hubbubbing
• hubbubing
• hubbubbed
• hubbubed

Synonyms for hubbub

Depending on context, synonyms include hubbuboo, racket, tumult, ado, argy-bargy, bobbery.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brouhaha, uproar, noise, stir, ado, hubbuboo.

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