Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   hubbub

   /ˈhʌbʌb/

   noun

   • 1. a chaotic din caused by a crowd of people: "a hubbub of laughter and shouting" Similar noiseloud noisedinracketcommotionclamourruckuscacophonybabelinformal:rumpusrowrare:vociferation
   • ▪ a busy, noisy situation: "she fought through the hubbub" Similar confusionchaospandemoniumbedlammayhemuproardisorderturmoiltumultfracashurly-burlyhavocbrouhahastramashbangaranginformal:hullabalooOpposite calm

   Word Origin mid 16th century: perhaps of Irish origin; compare with the Irish exclamations ababú, abú, used in battle cries.

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • H

     4

   • U

     1

   • B

     3

   • B

     3

   • U

     1

   • B

     3

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points