BALLYHOO

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ballyhoo
v. advertise in a loud noisy way
 
n. noisy advertisement; loud noise


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Ballyhoo
For the computer game, see Ballyhoo (computer game). For the magazine, see Ballyhoo (magazine). For the production company, see Ballyhoo (company).The ballyhoo or bally, Hemiramphus brasiliensis, is a baitfish of the halfbeak family (Hemiramphidae). It is similar to the Balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao). Ballyhoo are frequently used as cut bait and for trolling purposes by saltwater sportsmen. A big variety of fish love ballyhoo. Its one of the greatest known fish to catch Sailfish on.
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ballyhoo
Noun
1. blatant or sensational promotion
(synonym) hoopla, hype, plug
(hypernym) promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
Verb
1. advertize noisily or blatantly
(hypernym) advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise
(derivation) hoopla, hype, plug


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ballyhoo
Synonyms and related words:
PR, advertise, aggrandize, aggrandizement, amplification, amplify, bark, big talk, bill, blowing up, blurb, boost, bright light, build up, bulletin, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, celebrity, circularize, common knowledge, cry, cry up, currency, daylight, dilatation, dilation, draw the longbow, eclat, enhancement, enlargement, establish, exaggerate, exaggerating, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, expansion, exposure, extravagance, extreme, fame, famousness, give a write-up, give publicity, glare, go to extremes, grandiloquence, heightening, herald, hoopla, huckstering, hue and cry, hyperbole, hyperbolism, hyperbolize, inflation, inordinacy, lay it on, limelight, magnification, magnify, make much of, maximum dissemination, notoriety, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overemphasis, overestimate, overestimation, overkill, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overstate, overstatement, overstress, patter, pile it on, pitch, placard, plug, post, post bills, post up, press notice, press-agent, prodigality, profuseness, promote, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicize, publicness, puff, puffery, puffing up, reclame, report, sales pitch, sales talk, sell, sensationalism, spiel, spotlight, stretch, stretch the truth, stretching, superlative, talk big, talk in superlatives, tall talk, tout, touting, travesty, trumpet, write up, write-up
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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ballyhoo
ballyhoo /'bælihu:/
danh từ (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự quảng cáo rùm beng; sự làm rùm beng
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