hubbub

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a loud, confused mixture of voices or other sounds; noisy commotion

   A sudden hubbub rose from the crowded market stalls.

Recorded in English from the sixteenth century, perhaps from an Irish or Gaelic battle cry; compare Irish abú and Scottish Gaelic ubub, cries expressing encouragement, contempt, or alarm. A repeated cry became a name for confused shouting and then for noisy commotion generally.

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