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hullabaloo(dictionary)

Savage (iou) and hullabaloo (iou)


Savage (iou)



Savage noun1. L19.
[Arthur Savage (1857-1938), US inventor.]
A repeating rifle produced by Savage in 1894; gen. any firearm produced by the Savage Arms Company.
? Proprietary name in the US.

hullabaloo (iou)



hullabaloo noun, interjection, & verb. Also hallabaloo, hollabaloo. M18.
[Redupl. of HULLO, HALLO, etc.]
A. noun. (An) uproar, (a) clamour; noisy confusion. M18.
J. Hersey A terrible hullabaloo of hammering, wedging, ripping, and splitting. W. Golding The excitement, the hullabaloo, the world interest of Tutankhamun's tomb.
b. interjection. Used to attract attention. rare. M19.
C. verb intrans. Make a hullabaloo. M19.