Doodlingo

hullabaloo

Racket, arriving exactly where quiet was wanted.

what it means

Hullabaloo is a racket. The word is built out of noise — it is a rhyming echo, the same trick as helter-skelter or hurly-burly — and English kept it because it sounds like a room where too much is happening at once. The drawing puts a man on a stool with a book, and behind him a trumpet in his ear and another man mid-yell. That is the part to hold on to: hullabaloo is noise measured against somebody trying to think. It sits very close to brouhaha, and here is the difference worth keeping. A brouhaha is a fuss about something. A hullabaloo is the noise itself, whether or not it is about anything.

Hullabaloo es un estruendo. La palabra está hecha de ruido — una rima repetida, como helter-skelter — y suena a cuarto donde pasa demasiado. En el dibujo, un hombre intenta leer mientras le tocan la trompeta al oído. Brouhaha es el escándalo por algo; hullabaloo es el ruido mismo.

Hullabaloo é um estardalhaço. A palavra é feita de som — uma rima repetida, como helter-skelter — e soa como um cômodo onde acontece coisa demais. No desenho, um homem tenta ler com um trompete no ouvido. Brouhaha é o alvoroço por algo; hullabaloo é o barulho em si.

Hullabaloo, c'est un vacarme. Le mot est fait de bruit — une rime redoublée, comme helter-skelter — et il sonne comme une pièce où il se passe trop de choses. Sur le dessin, un homme essaie de lire, trompette à l'oreille. Brouhaha désigne l'agitation autour de quelque chose ; hullabaloo, le bruit lui-même.

Hullabaloo adalah kegaduhan. Katanya dibentuk dari bunyi — rima berulang, seperti helter-skelter — dan terdengar seperti ruangan yang terlalu ramai. Di gambar, seorang pria mencoba membaca sementara terompet dibunyikan di telinganya. Brouhaha itu ributnya soal sesuatu; hullabaloo itu bunyinya sendiri.

Hullabaloo bir gürültü patırtıdır. Kelime sesten yapılmıştır — helter-skelter gibi yinelemeli bir kafiye — ve fazla şeyin aynı anda olduğu bir odayı andırır. Resimde adam kitap okumaya çalışırken kulağına trompet çalınıyor. Brouhaha bir şeyin etrafındaki yaygaradır; hullabaloo sesin kendisidir.

hullabaloo は騒音そのものです。この語は音からできていて、helter-skelter と同じ繰り返しの韻を踏んでいます。絵では、本を読もうとしている男の耳元でトランペットが鳴らされています。brouhaha が「何かをめぐる騒ぎ」なのに対し、hullabaloo は「音そのもの」です。

  1. 01

    noun

    loud noise and commotion, especially where quiet was wanted

    There was a hullabaloo in the corridor all through the exam.

  2. 02

    noun

    an excited public fuss

    After all the hullabaloo, the rule was quietly dropped.

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