Hubbub

Definition: Hubbub

Hubbub

Noun

1. Loud confused noise from many sources.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hubbub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Note: Hubbub \Hub"bub\, noun. [Compare to Whoobub, Whoop, Hoop, intransitive verb.]. (references)

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Hubbub

Agitation

Turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology, chorea, floccillation, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus.

Discord

Broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation; embroilment, embranglement, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work, scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance; (disorder); commotion; (agitation); bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair.

Disorder

Turmoil; ferment; (agitation); to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind; bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors; Bedlam, all hell broke loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business.

Crosswords: Hubbub

Books

• The Hubbub Guide to Cycling (reference)

• The Mysterious Hubbub (reference)

• This Eternal Hubbub (reference)

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This hubbub delighted the young girls

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Albanian

shamatë (bedlam, carrying-on, din, hurly burly, racket, rumpus, to-do), potere (ado, bedlam, carrying-on, clutter, din, fracas, fray, hoopla, hoot, hue and cry, hullabaloo, hurly burly, jangle, noise, pandemonium, pother, racket, rowdyism, rumpus, shindy, smash, uproar), gurgule (combustion, commotion, tumult). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هرج ومرج (astir, bedlam, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, pandemonium, shambles), ‏ضوضاء (brawl, clamor, clamour, clutter, hullabaloo, hurly burly, pandemonium, plonk, pother, racket, row, rowdiness, rowdyism, rumpus, shouting, stink, tub-thumping, tumult), ‏ضجيج (crash, din, discord, fuss, horseplay, hurly burly, noise, noisiness, racket, riptide, thunder), ‏صخب (bustling, clamor, clamour, clatter, crash, furor, hue and cry, hustle, mayhem, pandemonium, rattle, roar, roister, rowdiness, rush, squash, stink, uproar, vociferate), ‏جلبة (clamor, clamour, clatter, din, fanfare, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, pandemonium, racket, roar, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Bulgarian 

глъч (cackle, din, hubble bubble, noise), врява (ado, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fracas, fuss, hue, hurly burly, kick up, noise, noisiness, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, ruckus, rumpus, shine, to-do, tumult, uproar), викове (clamor, clamour, outcry, vociferation). (various references)

Czech

hluk (ado, clamor, clamour, noice, noise, noisiness, rush, tumult), vřava (hullabaloo, hurdy gurdy, hurly burly, roar, tumult, turmoil, turnup, uproar), rámus (din, fuss, hurly burly, noise, pother, racket, roar, row, uproar), povyk (ado, ballyhoo, clamor, clamour, din, fuss, hue and cry, hullabaloo, rampage, riot, row, rumpus, tussle, uproar). (various references)

Danish

stoej (noise, uproar), larm (ado, din, noise). (various references)

Dutch

lawaai (ado, din, noise), gedruis (uproar). (various references)

Farsi 

هیاهو (Commotion, Explosion, Ruckus), غوغا (Affray, Clamor, Din, Fray, Jangle, Melee, Mob, Pandemonium, Peal, Rave, Riot, Rumpus, Scrimmage, Scuffle, Tumult, Turmoil, Uproar), جنجال (Brawl, Jangle, Scuffle, Tumult). (various references)

Finnish

hälinä (clamour, fuss, noise, tumult), rytäkkä (tumult, uproar). (various references)

French

vacarme. (various references)

German

tumult (affray, agitation, commotion, disturbance, fracas, riot, tumult, turmoil, uproar). (various references)

Greek 

βαβούρα, χάβρα, χαλασμόσ (destruction), οχλαγωγία (commotion, riot, rout, row, scrimmage, tumult, turmoil, uproar), θόρυβοσ (ado, ballyhoo, clatter, din, fracas, noise, racket, ruckus, rumpus, shindy, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"מול�" (ado, bustle, commotion, din, fray, fussiness, hurly burly, hustle, noise, roar, tempest). (various references)

Hungarian

hangzavar (babel, cacophony, discord, discordance, hubble bubble, jangle, lurry), zaj (ado, bluster, clamor, clamour, din, jangle, mush, noise, sound, sputter), zűrzavar (anarchism, babel, chaos, cock-up, commotion, derangement, disarray, disorder, hassle, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurly-burly, melee, mess-up, mix, mix-up, pandemonium, panic, picnic, screw-up, shambles, skein, stew, tangled skein, upturn), tumultus (squash, tumult, uproar), lárma (ado, blare, bluster, bobbery, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fuss, hurly-burly, jangle, kick up, noise, noisiness, outcry, racket, row, ruckus, shindy, splatter-dash, to-do). (various references)

Indonesian

keributan (ado, affray, blatancy, boisteriousness, brawl, cain, commotion), kegalauan, galau. (various references)

Italian

fracasso (crash, din, fracas, noise, outroar, racket, smash, smasher). (various references)

Manx

tharmaneys (noisiness). (various references)

Norwegian

ståhei, støy (interference). (various references)

Pig Latin

ubbubhay.(various references)

Portuguese

tumulto (affray, agitation, bluster, broil, bruit, clamor, clamour, clutter, colorwash, colourwash, combustion, commotion, confusion, disorder, distemper, donnybrook, faction, gale, outcry, pandemonium, rampage, riot, rout, ruction, rumpus, scuffle, shindy, stir, tempest, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar), ru�do, confus�o (hash, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, huddle, hugger-mugger, hurry, hurry-scurry, imbroglio), berreiro (blubber, row, uproar, vociferation, yawl), barulho (ado, blatancy, bluster, bobbery, chirm, chirp chirrup, clap, clatter, clutter, cracking, din, donnybrook, fracas, fuss, gale, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, jazz, knockabout, noise, pother, racket, rattle, roistering, rout, row, rowdyism, ruction, rumpus, shindy, smash, sound, splurge, to-do, tumult, uproar), banz� (hullabaloo). (various references)

Romanian

hãlãlaie (fuss, shindy, uproar), harababurã (confusion, fuss, glory-hole, jumble, mess, mix up, motley, muddle, pease meal, pell mell, turmoil, welter), aiurealã (babble, confusion, flurry, fuss, muss, raving, rigmarole, thoughtlessness, tomfoolery, twaddle), alai (attendance, attendants, concatenation, consequences, cortege, display, escort, followers, fuss, retinue, show, showiness, suite, train), babilonie (Babel, chaos, hullabaloo), balamuc (bedlam, confusion, disorder, madhouse), dandana (pickle, racket, scrape, shindy), învãlmãşealã (bustle, confusion, crowd, scrimmage, scuffle, scurry, squash, stampede, stir, struggle, throng, turmoil), gãlãgie (Babel, bluster, brawling, bustle, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fuss, hurly burly, jangle, noise, racket, rattle, rhubarb, rioting, row, stir, to-do, tumult), zgomot (ado, bruit, bustle, clamor, clamour, dash, din, fuss, murmur, noise, peal, racket, rattling, roll, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, shouting, slam, sound, splutter, to-do, tumult, uproar), scandal (affray, breach, breeze, flare up, fray, fuss, noise, row, rumpus, scandal, scene, shame, shindy), tam-tam (fuss, to-do), vacarm (din, hurly burly, noise, racket, splatter-dash, splutter, turmoil, uproar), vuiet (din, hum, noise, roar, roaring, rumble, sough), zarvã (ado, affray, altercation, bobbery, brawling, bustle, clutter, din, dispute, dust, fuss, kerfuffle, noise, pother, racket, riot, row, rumpus, scandal, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), dezordine (clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disturbance, disturbances, glory-hole, havoc, huddle, hugger mugger, litter, mess, misrule, motley, riot, riots, rough, rout, topsy turvy, tumble, upset, welter). (various references)

Russian 

гам (charivari, hullabaloo, noise, rumpus, uproar). (various references)

Scottish

othail (confusion). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

metež (helter-skelter, pell mell, pother, scuffle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uproar, upset), gungula (commotion, fracas, huddle, ruction, turmoil), graja (din, noise, tumult). (various references)

Spanish

barullo, barahúnda (pell mell, pellmell, racket, turmoil), alboroto (ballyhoo, brawl, commotion, disturbance, fracas, hurly burly, mayhem, noise, rampage, riot, rowdiness, turmoil). (various references)

Swedish

oväsen (ado, brawl, Caterwaul, clatter, clutter, commotion, din, fray, hubub, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry, racket, shindig, shindy), bråk (ado, bother, brawl, din, disturbance, dust-up, flare up, fracas, fraction, fray, fuss, hullaballoo, hullabaloo, incident, kick up, miff, noise, rag, row, ruction, rumpus, trouble, tumult, unpleasantness, uproar, upset), alarm (alarm, alarms, tocsin). (various references)

Turkish

velvele (ballyhoo, fuss, hoi polloi, hullabaloo, hurly burly, kerfufle, noise, pucker, racket, riot), karmaşa (blight, complexity, complication, higgledy-piggledy, involution, moil, rag bag), gürültü (ado, bang, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clatter, coil, crash, din, discord, dustup, fracas, hoi polloi, hubble bubble, hullabaloo, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, peal, pong, pother, racket, rag, razzle-dazzle, roar, roaring, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, sound, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter), şamata (carrying-on, carryings on, conviviality, din, dustup, great noise, hell, hilarity, hoo-ha, pother, racket, rag, razzle-dazzle, riot, ripsnorter, row, shindy, uproar, whoopee). (various references)

Turkmen 

юowhun (din). (various references)

Ukrainian

шум (ado, alarm, bobbery, chirm, clamor, clamour, clash, clutter, hoity toity, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, oration, pother, racket, racquet, row, ruction, sound, sputter, tumult, uproar), гул (boom, booming, clash), гвалт (noise), плутанина (boggle, confusion, derangement, embroilment, hurly burly, intricacy, involute, jumble, maze, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, pellmell, puddle, skein, snarl, snarl up, tangle, wooliness, woolliness). (various references)

Welsh

dwndwr (babble, din), dadwrdd (bruit, noise, uproar), cwrnad (bawl, nag). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "hubbub": hubbubs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hubbub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: habbub, Hisbul, hubbed, hubub, Muhbubh. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: bub, hub.

-4 letters: uh.

+1 letter: hubbubs.