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Webster 1913 Edition


Hubbub

Hub′bub

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Whoobub
,
Whoop
,
Hoop
,
Verb.
I.
]
A loud noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar.
Milton.
This
hubbub
of unmeaning words.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hubbub

HUB'BUB

,
Noun.
A great noise of many confused voices; a tumult; uproar; riot.

Definition 2024


hubbub

hubbub

See also: hub-bub

English

Alternative forms

Noun

hubbub (plural hubbubs)

  1. A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
    • John Milton, Paradise Lost
      At length a universal hubbub wild
      Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
      Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
      With loudest vehemence.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:commotion

Translations

Verb

hubbub (third-person singular simple present hubbubs, present participle hubbubing or hubbubbing, simple past and past participle hubbubed or hubbubbed)

  1. (intransitive) To cause a tumult or racket.