Ballyhoo

Definitions

1. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
   informal
2. Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
3. An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.
4. Noisy shouting or uproar.
   informal
5. Hemiramphus brasiliensis

Equivalents

Examples

“Talk⟳, it's only talk⟳ / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk⟳ / Back talk⟳”

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