different between foofaraw vs hullabaloo

English

Alternative forms

• foofooraw, fooforaw

Etymology

First attested in the 1930s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to French fanfaron (“boasting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu.f????/

Noun

foofaraw (plural foofaraws) (informal)

1. Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.
   • 1944, Time, volume 44, page 15:

     The thumping bands, the badges, the pretty girls and all the time-honored foofaraw failed to charge up the Republican batteries to the sparking point. The great engine just would not turn over — at the start.
2. Fuss over something of little importance.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commotion

Further reading

• “foofaraw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (“used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers”), hilloa, hullo (“variants of hello”), and similar words.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?l?b??lu?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?l?b??lu/, /?h?l?b??lu/
• Hyphenation: hul?la?ba?loo

Noun

hullabaloo (plural hullabaloos)

1. A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: ado, hype, to-do; see also Thesaurus:commotion

Alternative forms

• hallabaloo
• hellaballoo (rare)
• hullaballoo

Translations

Verb

hullabaloo (third-person singular simple present hullabaloos, present participle hullabalooing, simple past and past participle hullabalooed)

1. (intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar.

Translations

References

Further reading

• hullabaloo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia