Associations to the word «Ballyhoo»

Wiktionary

BALLYHOO, noun. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
BALLYHOO, noun. Noisy shouting or uproar.
BALLYHOO, verb. To sensationalise or make grand claims.
BALLYHOO, noun. Hemiramphus brasiliensis, an inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools.
BALLYHOO, noun. An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.

Dictionary definition

BALLYHOO, noun. Blatant or sensational promotion.
BALLYHOO, verb. Advertize noisily or blatantly.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin