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How to pronounce ballyhoo in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hoopla, hype, plug
Type of packaging, publicity, promo, promotion, promotional material
Type Words
Type of advertise, advertize, publicise, publicize

Examples of ballyhoo

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It's that whole neighborhood, famously heralded for its hip-hooray and ballyhoo.
From the stltoday.com
Google's IPO, way back in 2004, had even more ballyhoo than the LinkedIn fest.
From the online.wsj.com
Offshore, sailfish and mahi-mahi around 15 to 30 miles out on menhaden and ballyhoo.
From the newsobserver.com
Ballyhoo owner Zale Parks promises bands, bagpipes, an Irish session and lots of swag.
From the thenewstribune.com
Use skirted ballyhoo and use the colors blue and white or green and orange.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In 2006, with much ballyhoo, the state announced it had received a federal grow grant.
From the jsonline.com
For all the technical ballyhoo, it's a decision that's elicited both praise and scorn.
From the techland.time.com
There will be less ballyhoo surrounding a debut for the other Hull club.
From the independent.co.uk
Brant McMullan rigs a bluefin tuna bait, a ballyhoo on a trolling line.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
  • Advertize noisily or blatantly
  • Blatant or sensational promotion
  • The ballyhoo or bally, Hemiramphus brasiliensis, is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao). Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trolling purposes by saltwater sportsmen.
  • Ballyhoo is a compilation album by Echo & the Bunnymen, released in 1997. Liner notes were written by the group's former manager Bill Drummond.
  • Ballyhoo is a stage lighting cue where a spotlight operator of a followspot moves their lamp in a random figure-8 pattern throughout a theater or other performance venue. This is often executed at the end or finale of a show and involves at least two spot lamps. ...
  • Ballyhoo was a humor magazine published by Dell, created by George T. Delacorte Jr., and edited by Norman Anthony, from 1931 until 1939, with a couple of attempts to resuscitate the magazine (Now edited by Bill Yates) after the war between 1948 and 1954. ...
  • Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1986. ...
  • Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity; Noisy shouting or uproar; To sensationalise or make grand claims
  • (ballyhooed) Sensationalised; presented with grand claims