hoopla
bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
sensational publicity; ballyhoo.
speech or writing intended to mislead or to obscure an issue.
Origin of hoopla
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How to use hoopla in a sentence
We’ve heard very little from Congress in the last two years on energy, despite all of the initial hoopla, and it’s not clear what energy policy is going to look like after the November election.
hoopla isn’t available to everyone, instead partnering with some local libraries and schools across the country to provide streaming movies, shows, and audiobooks to their members.
11 totally legal streaming platforms that will let you watch movies for free | Whitson Gordon | December 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor the most part, however, the North Fork has managed to avoid the hoopla and remain the sedate, bucolic destination it has been for the last 50 years.
All the hoopla is because, well, officials here spent a lot of money on deals to secure more supplies and build water infrastructure.
San Diego Is Relatively Drought-Proof – and Has Prices to Prove it | MacKenzie Elmer | June 28, 2021 | Voice of San Diego“For all the hoopla about how invested we are in our vulnerable population, it’s a waste of time,” Elliott said.
They Made a Revolutionary System to Protect People With Developmental Disabilities. Now It’s Falling Apart. | by Amy Silverman for Arizona Daily Star | December 12, 2020 | ProPublica
The Emmy Award-winning Gupta “feels good” to bring a measure of objectivity to a story with such hoopla attached to it.
But the hoopla over it reflects some strange and antiquated thinking.
'Guardians of the Galaxy' Is Not a Watershed Moment for Women | Kevin Fallon | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this spring in Paris, the Mapplethorpe hoopla is taking an interesting turn.
That is the kind of human bridge-building these foreign trips with all the hoopla can produce.
None of the hoopla seemed to have fazed the Iranian president, who loves to bask in controversy during his U.S. visits.
British Dictionary definitions for hoopla
/ (ˈhuːplɑː) /
British a fairground game in which a player tries to throw a hoop over an object and so win it
US and Canadian slang noise; bustle
US slang nonsense; ballyhoo
Origin of hoopla
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