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hoopla
[ hoop-lah ]
noun
, Informal.
- bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- sensational publicity; ballyhoo.
- speech or writing intended to mislead or to obscure an issue.
hoopla
/ ˈhuːplɑː /
noun
- a fairground game in which a player tries to throw a hoop over an object and so win it
- slang.noise; bustle
- slang.nonsense; ballyhoo
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hoopla1
First recorded in 1865–70, hoopla is from the French word houp-là! command (as to a child) to move, take a step
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hoopla1
C20: see whoop , la ²
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Example Sentences
The Emmy Award-winning Gupta “feels good” to bring a measure of objectivity to a story with such hoopla attached to it.
From The Daily Beast
But the hoopla over it reflects some strange and antiquated thinking.
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But this spring in Paris, the Mapplethorpe hoopla is taking an interesting turn.
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That is the kind of human bridge-building these foreign trips with all the hoopla can produce.
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None of the hoopla seemed to have fazed the Iranian president, who loves to bask in controversy during his U.S. visits.
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