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ballyhoos

ballyhoos is the plural of ballyhoo.

ballyhoos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ballyhoo.

Meaning of ballyhoo

Noun (1)

ballyhoo (plural ballyhoos)

  1. (informal) Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
  2. (informal) Noisy shouting or uproar.
    • Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk1981, “Elephant Talk”, in Discipline, performed by King Crimson

Noun (2)

ballyhoo (plural ballyhoos or ballyhoo)

  1. Certain species in family Hemiramphidae, inshore, surface-dwelling needlefish forming sizeable schools.
    1. Hemiramphus brasiliensis

Noun (3)

ballyhoo (plural ballyhoos)

  1. An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

See all 6 meanings of ballyhoo

Questions about ballyhoos

What is ballyhoos the plural of?
Ballyhoos is the plural of ballyhoo.

Words near ballyhoos in the dictionary

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

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