Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk
Source: wiktionary
Ballyhoo
//bæliˈhuː//
Synonyms for "ballyhoo" (140 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
make much ofmaximum disseminationnoisenotorietyoverchargeoverdooverdrawoveremphasisoverestimateoverestimationoverkilloverpraiseoverreachoverreactoverselloverspeakoverstateoverstatementoverstresspatter
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pile it onpitchplacardplugpostpost billspost upprpress noticepress-agentprodigalityprofusenesspromotepromotionpublic eyepublic knowledgepublic relationspublic reportpublicitypublicity storypublicizepublicnesspuffpufferypuffing uppushracketreclamereportsales pitchsales talksellsensationalismspielspotlightstretchstretch the truthstretchingsuperlativetalktalk bigtalk in superlativestall talktouttoutingtravestytrumpetwrite upwrite-up
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Translations
17 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- врява noun (noise shouting or uproar)
- патърдия noun (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity)
- сензация noun (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity)
- шум noun (noise shouting or uproar)
Finnish
1 entries- brasiliannokkakala noun (species of needlefish)
French
2 entries- aiguillette noun (species of needlefish)
- battage noun (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity)
German
2 entries- Klamauk noun (noise shouting or uproar)
- marktschreierisch anpreisen verb (to sensationalize or make grand claims)
Macedonian
1 entries- шум noun (noise shouting or uproar)
Russian
4 entries- гам noun (noise shouting or uproar)
- сенса́ция noun (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity)
- шум noun (noise shouting or uproar)
- шуми́ха noun (sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity)
Spanish
3 entries- alboroto noun (noise shouting or uproar)
- jaleo noun (noise shouting or uproar)
- alborotar verb (to sensationalize or make grand claims)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ballyhoo ourselves back to prosperity.
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