houp-laint.
/ˈhuːplɑː/ An exclamation accompanying a quick or sudden movement. Also as n., commotion, ballyhoo.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
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1870 O. Logan Before Footlights xxiii. 280 But the tearful clown cries ‘houp-la!’ while his baby is lying dead at home.
1877 N.Y. Tribune 2 Mar. 7/1 The Stock Exchange to-day commenced its business of speculation with a grand ‘hoop la’.
1917 H. Garland Son of Middle Border xxiii. 286 Hoopla! We had taken wing!
1917 Punch 23 May 340/2 A beam of pleasure, succeeded by a falling of the countenance, then a look of decision, ended in a ‘Houp-là’ as the Japanese doll descended into the basket.
1925 F. M. Ford No More Parades i. ii But..Hoopla!.. He executed with his gloved right thumb in the moonlight a rapid pirouette.
1929 C. A. N. Garstin Houp La! xxiv. 308 ‘Houp la!’ Bill sighed, letting his head fall back.
1948 Carpenter Mar. 16 Organized some three years ago amid a great hoopla of Communist propaganda and promotion, it has creaked along in a very erratic and unpredictable manner.
1973 Guardian 16 Mar. 10/3 There is sometimes so much surrounding hoop-la that you lose sight of the various tactics.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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