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hullabalooing

hullabalooing is the present participle and gerund of hullabaloo.

Meaning of hullabaloo

Verb

hullabaloo (third-person singular simple present hullabaloos, present participle hullabalooing, simple past and past participle hullabalooed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar.
    • They roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe.1844, George Carter Needham, Street Arabs and Gutter Snipes: The Pathetic and Humorous Side of Young Vagabond Life in the Great Cities, with Records of Work for Their Reclamation, D. L. Guernsey

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Questions about hullabalooing

What is hullabalooing the present participle and gerund of?
Hullabalooing is the present participle and gerund of hullabaloo.

Words near hullabalooing in the dictionary

  1. hullaballooing
  2. hullaballoos
  3. hullaballos
  4. hullabaloo
  5. hullabalooed
  6. hullabalooing
  7. hullabaloos
  8. Hullah
  9. Hulland
  10. Hullands
  11. Hullavington

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