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hubbub

Pronunciation:  'hubub

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  loud confused noise from many sources
 
 Synonyms: brouhaha, katzenjammer, uproar
 
 See Also: noise

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hub"bub\, n. [Cf. {Whoobub}, {Whoop}, {Hoop}, v. i.]
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
--Milton.

      This hubbub of unmeaning words.          --Macaulay.

 
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