hoo-han.

Brit.

/ˈhuːhɑː/, U.S.

/ˈhuˌhɑ/

Forms: Also hoo-hah, hou-ha.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

colloquial.

A commotion, a rumpus, a row. The use in quot. 1932 seems to be without parallel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of

viretotec1386

moving?a1439

reela1450

stir1487

songa1500

pirrie1536

hurly-burly1548

make-a-do1575

confusions1599

the hunt is upa1625

ruffle1642

fuss1701

fraction1721

fizza1734

dust1753

noration1773

steeriea1776

splorea1791

rook1808

piece of work1810

curfuffle1813

squall1813

rookerya1820

stushie1824

shindy1829

shine1832

hurroosh1836

fustle1839

upsetting1847

shinty1848

ructions1862

vex1862

houp-la1870

set-out1875

hoodoo1876

tingle-tangle1880

shemozzle1885

take-on1893

dust-up1897

hoo-ha1931

tra-la-la1933

gefuffle1943

tzimmes1945

kerfuffle1946

1931 Punch 14 Oct. 402/1 The devil of a hoo-ha in the papers about increasing the demand for English-grown corn.

1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 30 You've had a cream of a nightmare dream and you've got the hoo~ha's coming to you.

1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder vi. 63 He came up under cover of all the hoo-hah on the stage some time after the event.

1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ix. 206 There's a bit of a hoo-hah on about your tea-party.

1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. After all the hou-ha in the Observer about the death of the novel, perhaps we ought to be wearing a mourning-band.

1955 ‘E. C. R. Lorac’ Ask Policeman xvii. 187 He could cut off home after the hoo-ha died down and claim his inheritance.

1959 B. Goolden For Richer, for Poorer xiii. 232 I don't think Mummy will make much of a hoo-hah if she knows it's not for long.

1963 Sunday Express 15 Sept. 8/7 What has all the houha about the prodigious jump in productivity meant to the housewife?

1968 Listener 27 June 837/1 And there was a terrific hoo-ha over this because they all thought I should go and be a termination case or something.

1971 Country Life 27 May 1328/2 Some of these lovely irises may..be grown..successfully without much hoo-ha.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hoo-ha
释义	hoo-han. Brit. /ˈhuːhɑː/, U.S. /ˈhuˌhɑ/ Forms: Also hoo-hah, hou-ha. Etymology: Origin unknown. colloquial. A commotion, a rumpus, a row. The use in quot. 1932 seems to be without parallel. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of viretotec1386 moving?a1439 reela1450 stir1487 songa1500 pirrie1536 hurly-burly1548 make-a-do1575 confusions1599 the hunt is upa1625 ruffle1642 fuss1701 fraction1721 fizza1734 dust1753 noration1773 steeriea1776 splorea1791 rook1808 piece of work1810 curfuffle1813 squall1813 rookerya1820 stushie1824 shindy1829 shine1832 hurroosh1836 fustle1839 upsetting1847 shinty1848 ructions1862 vex1862 houp-la1870 set-out1875 hoodoo1876 tingle-tangle1880 shemozzle1885 take-on1893 dust-up1897 hoo-ha1931 tra-la-la1933 gefuffle1943 tzimmes1945 kerfuffle1946 1931 Punch 14 Oct. 402/1 The devil of a hoo-ha in the papers about increasing the demand for English-grown corn. 1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 30 You've had a cream of a nightmare dream and you've got the hoo~ha's coming to you. 1937 N. Marsh Vintage Murder vi. 63 He came up under cover of all the hoo-hah on the stage some time after the event. 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ix. 206 There's a bit of a hoo-hah on about your tea-party. 1954 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. After all the hou-ha in the Observer about the death of the novel, perhaps we ought to be wearing a mourning-band. 1955 ‘E. C. R. Lorac’ Ask Policeman xvii. 187 He could cut off home after the hoo-ha died down and claim his inheritance. 1959 B. Goolden For Richer, for Poorer xiii. 232 I don't think Mummy will make much of a hoo-hah if she knows it's not for long. 1963 Sunday Express 15 Sept. 8/7 What has all the houha about the prodigious jump in productivity meant to the housewife? 1968 Listener 27 June 837/1 And there was a terrific hoo-ha over this because they all thought I should go and be a termination case or something. 1971 Country Life 27 May 1328/2 Some of these lovely irises may..be grown..successfully without much hoo-ha. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1931
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