BALLYHOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ballyhoo mean? 

• BALLYHOO (noun)
  The noun BALLYHOO has 1 sense:

1. blatant or sensational promotion

  Familiarity information: BALLYHOO used as a noun is very rare.

• BALLYHOO (verb)
  The verb BALLYHOO has 1 sense:

1. advertize noisily or blatantly

  Familiarity information: BALLYHOO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALLYHOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blatant or sensational promotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug

Hypernyms ("ballyhoo" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

Derivation:

ballyhoo (advertize noisily or blatantly)

• BALLYHOO (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ballyhoo    ... he / she / it ballyhoos   
Past simple: ballyhooed   
Past participle: ballyhooed   
-ing form: ballyhooing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Advertize noisily or blatantly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "ballyhoo" is one way to...):

advertise; advertize; publicise; publicize (call attention to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

ballyhoo (blatant or sensational promotion)