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hallaloo

hallaloo noun: an outcry or uproar; a hullabaloo.

Noun

hallaloo (plural hallaloos)

  1. An outcry or uproar; a hullabaloo.
    • As a vast herd of cows in a rich farmer's yard, if, while they are milked, they hear their calves at a distance, lamenting the robbery which is then committing, roar and bellow; so roared forth the Somersetshire mob an hallaloo, made up of almost as many squalls, screams, and other different sounds...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

Forms of hallaloo

pluralhallaloos

Questions about hallaloo

What does hallaloo mean?
Hallaloo means an outcry or uproar; a hullabaloo.
What part of speech is hallaloo?
Hallaloo is a noun.
What is the plural of hallaloo?
The plural of hallaloo is hallaloos.

Words near hallaloo in the dictionary

  1. hallal
  2. hallaled
  3. hallaling
  4. hallalled
  5. hallalling
  6. hallaloo
  7. hallaloos
  8. hallals
  9. Hallam
  10. Hallamite
  11. Hallamites

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