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Dictionary: hoo-ha or hoo-hah ('') pronunciation
n. Slang
  1. A fuss; a disturbance: "the subject of this last hoo-hah" (William Safire).
  2. A chortle or laugh: got a good hoo-ha out of that story.

[Perhaps from Yiddish hu-ha, to-do, uproar, exclamation.]


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noun

    A condition of intense public interest or excitement: brouhaha, sensation, stir1, uproar. Informal to-do. See excite/bore/interest.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a disorderly outburst or tumult
  Synonyms: disturbance, disruption, commotion, turmoil, stir, flutter, hurly burly, to-do, hoo-hah, kerfuffle


 
 
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