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brouhaha

Syllables: brou·ha·haUK/ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː//ˈbruˌhɑˌhɑ/

brouhaha noun: a stir; a fuss or uproar.

brouhaha: People gather in a crowded outdoor space
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Noun

brouhaha (plural brouhahas)

  1. A stir; a fuss or uproar.
    • It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code.
    • For as they were maneuvering the cylinder onto a dolly, it split and dumped one ton of chlorine trifluoride onto the floor. It chewed its way through twelve inches of concrete and dug a three-foot hole in the gravel underneath, filled the place with fumes which corroded everything in sight, and, in...1972, John Drury Clark, “Halogens and Politics and Deep Space”, in Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 74

brouhaha meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Persian

brouhaha in Urdu

قہقہہ, ٹھٹھا

brouhaha in Arabic

fuss, uproar
عَجِيج ʕajīj, ضَجِيج ḍajīj, هَرْج harj

brouhaha in Persian

fuss, uproar
همهمه، غوغا

Examples of brouhaha in a sentence

  • Civil Defense turned out, and started to evacuate the neighborhood, and to put it mildly, there was quite a brouhaha before things quieted down.1972, John Drury Clark, “Halogens and Politics and Deep Space”, in Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants, New...
  • 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:
  • What's all the fanfare, what's the to do / We're known to bring the hullabaloo / On stage or at the spa / Guaranteed we bring the brouhaha / ‘Cause it's a brouhaha1999, “The Brouhaha”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:
  • Rousseau, a senior member of the Europe Écologie-Les Verts party, said in an interview that she was surprised by the sizzling brouhaha.2022 September 5, Roger Cohen, “Of Barbecues and Men: A Summer Storm Brews Over Virility in France”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Synonyms of brouhaha

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Forms of brouhaha

pluralbrouhahas

Origin of brouhaha

Borrowed from French brouhaha, though its earlier origin is disputed. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).

Questions about brouhaha

What does brouhaha mean?
Brouhaha means a stir; a fuss or uproar.
What is brouhaha in Urdu?
Brouhaha in Urdu is قہقہہ, ٹھٹھا. See Brouhaha meaning in Urdu.
How do you use brouhaha in a sentence?
Civil Defense turned out, and started to evacuate the neighborhood, and to put it mildly, there was quite a brouhaha before things quieted down.
What part of speech is brouhaha?
Brouhaha is a noun.
How do you pronounce brouhaha?
Brouhaha is pronounced /ˈbɹuː.hɑː.hɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of brouhaha?
The plural of brouhaha is brouhahas.

Words near brouhaha in the dictionary

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  2. Broughtonian
  3. Broughtons
  4. broughtupsy
  5. Broughty Ferry
  6. brouhaha
  7. brouhahas
  8. Brouhard
  9. Brouhards
  10. Brouillard
  11. Brouillards

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