| 单词 | hoopla |
| 释义 | hoopla (once / 22259 pages) n When people get too excited about something, you can describe it as hoopla. Your family may want to make a lot of hoopla on your birthday, while you'd prefer a quiet dinner at home. Hoopla is when someone goes overboard getting excited about something. A company may raise a lot of hoopla about a new product that's actually kind of boring, and a teacher's hoopla about the class Halloween party might seem silly if she teaches twelfth grade physics rather than kindergarten. The word hoopla has been around since at least the 1800's, although it was originally spelled houp-la, and it was first used as an exclamation similar to oopsie daisy. WORD FAMILYhoopla: hooplas USAGE EXAMPLESThen, there’s all the official inaugural hoopla, including the main attraction, the swearing in. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Evans said he is not going to get caught up in all the hoopla heading into Saturday night’s game in Orlando, Florida. Washington Times(Nov 28, 2016) Yes, putting together any golf outing can be an endeavor, so it's understandable the holiday hoopla can throw extra wrenches into the process. Golf Digest(Nov 23, 2016) n blatant or sensational promotion Syn|Hyper ballyhoo, hype, plug packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
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