hubbub
a loud, confused noise, as of many voices: There was quite a hubbub in the auditorium after the announcement.
tumult; uproar.
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Free Chol Soo Lee, directed by Eugene Yi and Julie Ha, tells his story both during the movement and after, pointing out the ways that going to prison and becoming an unlikely icon affected Lee’s life when the hubbub faded.
From a volcano love story to an all-girl metal band, 15 documentaries you can’t miss | Alissa Wilkinson | February 4, 2022 | VoxThe noise cancellation mutes hubbub, and they’re comfortable enough for all-day wear.
Had it been a carnivore, it would have been the biggest predator of the Triassic period—which explains all the hubbub around the discovery decades ago.
After 60 years, a mysterious Australian dinosaur just got downsized | Margo Milanowski | October 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe sun will set in less than an hour and a hubbub will emerge from the ghost-town houses and farms.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey also allow us to return to the workday hubbub with more than bragging rights.
Has all the Twilight hubbub—the cultural obsession around it—given people an inaccurate sense of who you are as an actor?
But as these athletes make such revelations, critics (and some supporters) say the hubbub is overblown.
The hubbub is particularly disturbing because of this big un-secret that has not been much mentioned in this discussion.
The whole room was in confusion and hubbub, during which Wright sat stock-still, quietly enduring without bowing to the storm.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarThe hubbub increased behind him; and several peace-officers of the Royal Household came up to apprehend the delinquent.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottThere was a hubbub around the fire that kept everybody from paying the least attention to "taps."
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyThey listened intently and tried to distinguish voices and words in the hubbub, but were unsuccessful.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamThe noise of this hubbub on the outside, soon excited wild alarm and tumult within.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for hubbub
/ (ˈhʌbʌb) /
a confused noise of many voices
uproar
Origin of hubbub
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