Hoopla
noun
Excitement surrounding an event or situation, especially when considered unnecessary fuss.
There was a lot of hoopla over the new movie release.
Often appears as...
- make a hoopla
- much hoopla
noun
A type of game where you throw rings onto pegs to score points.
The carnival had a hoopla stall where you could win stuffed toys.
Often appears as...
- play hoopla
- win at hoopla
noun
Excitement surrounding an event or situation, especially when considered unnecessary fuss.
There was a lot of hoopla over the new movie release.
Often appears as...
- make a hoopla
- much hoopla
noun
A type of game where you throw rings onto pegs to score points.
The carnival had a hoopla stall where you could win stuffed toys.
Often appears as...
- play hoopla
- win at hoopla
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Pro Tip 1/3Often Negative
May imply that the excitement or attention is excessive or more than necessary.
Do you think all the hoopla about the latest tech gadget is justified?
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Context
Commonly used in casual or informal speech rather than formal writings or discussions.
Everyone's making such hoopla about the new café, let's check it out!
Pro Tip 3/3Media Usage
Frequently used when discussing media coverage or public perception of events.
The media created a lot of hoopla around the celebrity's visit.
Compare with
commotionflurryfurfusshubbubhullabalooruckusuproar
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become in more extreme events there will be stronger storms and greater flooding global warming hoopla became time consuming and distracted me from doing science partly because I had complained that the
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Ory Okolloh: The making...
The aid approach, you know, is flawed. And after all the hoopla of Live 8, we're still not anywhere in the picture. No, you're not.
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Why I must speak out...
become in more extreme events there will be stronger storms and greater flooding global warming hoopla became time consuming and distracted me from doing science partly because I had complained that the
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Ory Okolloh: The making...
The aid approach, you know, is flawed. And after all the hoopla of Live 8, we're still not anywhere in the picture. No, you're not.
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Sloane Crosley
American Writer
A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them.
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Gerry Cooney
American Athlete
I don't fear Holmes, but I think he's a good fighter. He has a lot of pride. But I wouldn't be fighting him if I feared him. It's going to be a tough fight. People say with all the hoopla out there, I won't be able to handle it. I believe the pressure's on him. I'm just going to do my thing.
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Alan Menken
American Musician
For a while now, I try to ignore the hoopla, because if you buy into that, you have to buy into the criticism. All you can do is put your work out there and move on; you just never know what will come.
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Booger McFarland
American Athlete
Winning - when the game is big, that's all that matters. There's the hoopla, the halftime concerts, whatever. But people always remember who wins. They never remember who loses.
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George C. Scott
American Actor
But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
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Mark Lanegan
American Musician
I played 'Angry Birds' and tried to see what the hoopla was about.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament.
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Martin Yan
Chinese Chef
The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.
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Jesse Stone
American Musician
The publicity and hoopla was never important to me.
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Sloane Crosley
American Writer
A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them.
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Gerry Cooney
American Athlete
I don't fear Holmes, but I think he's a good fighter. He has a lot of pride. But I wouldn't be fighting him if I feared him. It's going to be a tough fight. People say with all the hoopla out there, I won't be able to handle it. I believe the pressure's on him. I'm just going to do my thing.
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Alan Menken
American Musician
For a while now, I try to ignore the hoopla, because if you buy into that, you have to buy into the criticism. All you can do is put your work out there and move on; you just never know what will come.
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Booger McFarland
American Athlete
Winning - when the game is big, that's all that matters. There's the hoopla, the halftime concerts, whatever. But people always remember who wins. They never remember who loses.
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George C. Scott
American Actor
But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand.
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
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Mark Lanegan
American Musician
I played 'Angry Birds' and tried to see what the hoopla was about.
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Neil Peart
Canadian Musician
Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament.
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Martin Yan
Chinese Chef
The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.
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Jesse Stone
American Musician
The publicity and hoopla was never important to me.
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