brouhaha
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 16
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- 8
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Definition of brouhaha
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A stir; a fuss or uproar.
“It caused quite a brouhaha when the school suspended one of its top students for refusing to adhere to the dress code.”
“Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk”
“In the brouhaha over the reappointment of Superior Court Judge Sylvia Pressler, we organized massive support - telegramming, telephoning and writing to encourage the State Senate to exercise its advise and consent function responsibly.”
“What's all the fanfare, what's the to do / We're known to bring the hullabaloo / On stage or at the spa / Guaranteed we bring the brouhaha / ‘Cause it's a brouhaha”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French brouhaha, but disputed as to where from before that. Possibly from Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá, “welcome”, literally “blessed is he who comes”).
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