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hoop la

hoop la is the obsolete form of hoopla.

Meaning of hoopla

Noun

hoopla (countable and uncountable, plural hooplas)

  1. A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
    • Say you don't know me, or recognize my face / Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place / Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight / Too many runaways eating up the night1985, “We Built This City”, in Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf (music), Knee Deep in the Hoopla, performed by Starship
  2. A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.

Questions about hoop la

What is hoop la the obsolete form of?
Hoop la is the obsolete form of hoopla.

Words near hoop la in the dictionary

  1. hoop hoes
  2. hoop house
  3. hoop houses
  4. hoop jumper
  5. hoop jumpers
  6. hoop la
  7. hoop pine
  8. hoop pines
  9. hoop scoot tag
  10. hoop skirt
  11. hoop skirts

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