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ballyhooing

ballyhooing is the present participle and gerund of ballyhoo.

Meaning of ballyhoo

Verb

ballyhoo (third-person singular simple present ballyhoos, present participle ballyhooing, simple past and past participle ballyhooed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To sensationalize or make grand claims.
    • Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat (7 May)

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Questions about ballyhooing

What is ballyhooing the present participle and gerund of?
Ballyhooing is the present participle and gerund of ballyhoo.

Words near ballyhooing in the dictionary

  1. Ballyhoge
  2. ballyhoo
  3. ballyhooed
  4. ballyhooer
  5. ballyhooers
  6. ballyhooing
  7. ballyhoos
  8. ballying about
  9. Ballykelly
  10. Ballylinan
  11. Ballylynan

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