ballyhoo

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bal·ly·hoo / ˈbalēˌhoō/ inf. • n. extravagant publicity or fuss: after all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop.• v. (-hoos, -hooed) [tr.] praise or publicize extravagantly: [as adj.] (ballyhooed) a much-ballyhooed musical extravaganza.

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ballyhoo

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ballyhoo showman's touting speech, noisy publicity, bombastic nonsense. XX. of unkn. orig.

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