Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hullabaloo
Participle: hullabalooed
Gerund: hullabalooing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hullabaloo |
| you | hullabaloo |
| he;she;it | hullabaloos |
| we | hullabaloo |
| you | hullabaloo |
| they | hullabaloo |
Perfect
| I | have hullabalooed |
| you | have hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | has hullabalooed |
| we | have hullabalooed |
| you | have hullabalooed |
| they | have hullabalooed |
Past
| I | hullabalooed |
| you | hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | hullabalooed |
| we | hullabalooed |
| you | hullabalooed |
| they | hullabalooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hullabalooed |
| you | had hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | had hullabalooed |
| we | had hullabalooed |
| you | had hullabalooed |
| they | had hullabalooed |
Future
| I | will hullabaloo |
| you | will hullabaloo |
| he;she;it | will hullabaloo |
| we | will hullabaloo |
| you | will hullabaloo |
| they | will hullabaloo |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hullabalooed |
| you | will have hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | will have hullabalooed |
| we | will have hullabalooed |
| you | will have hullabalooed |
| they | will have hullabalooed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hullabaloo |
| you | hullabaloo |
| he;she;it | hullabaloo |
| we | hullabaloo |
| you | hullabaloo |
| they | hullabaloo |
Perfect
| I | have hullabalooed |
| you | have hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | have hullabalooed |
| we | have hullabalooed |
| you | have hullabalooed |
| they | have hullabalooed |
Imperfect
| I | hullabalooed |
| you | hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | hullabalooed |
| we | hullabalooed |
| you | hullabalooed |
| they | hullabalooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hullabalooed |
| you | had hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | had hullabalooed |
| we | had hullabalooed |
| you | had hullabalooed |
| they | had hullabalooed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hullabaloo |
| you | would hullabaloo |
| he;she;it | would hullabaloo |
| we | would hullabaloo |
| you | would hullabaloo |
| they | would hullabaloo |
Perfect
| I | would have hullabalooed |
| you | would have hullabalooed |
| he;she;it | would have hullabalooed |
| we | would have hullabalooed |
| you | would have hullabalooed |
| they | would have hullabalooed |
Imperative
| you | hullabaloo |
| we | Let's hullabaloo |
| you | hullabaloo |
Verbs conjugated like 'hullabaloo'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hullabaloo'
hullaballo,
hullaballoo,
hulloo,
hallal,
halloo,
haloo,
hillbilly,
holloo,
hullo,
hulloa,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Possibly a rhyming reduplication of halloo (used as a greeting or to catch attention; used in hunting to urge on pursuers), hilloa, hullo (variants of “hello”), and similar words.
Sample Sentences
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They roared, they danced, they hullaballoed, they pinched one another; they behaved like young savages – but I knew I had got them safe. [1844, George Carter Needham, Street Arabs and Gutter Snipes: The Pathetic and Humorous Side of Young Vagabond Life in the Great Cities, with Records of Work for Their Reclamation, D. L. Guernsey:]
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"Nonsense, child," said my father, smiling. "Did you ever see a stone thrown into the pond? there's a great splash, and a few circles on the water, and that's about all, isn't it? Well, when I die there'll be a great splash of tears and hullaballooing, and a few circles of tender recollections, and then the surface will smooth itself over, and it'll be all right again." [1867, Rhoda Broughton, Cometh Up as a Flower: An Autobiography, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], pages 53–54:]
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Ho, hullaballoing clan / Agape, with woe / In your beaks, on the gabbing capes! [1952, Dylan Thomas, “Author’s Prologue”, in Collected Poems, 1934–1952, Dent, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:]
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Twitter broke the news, and soon enough, the media hullaballooed over this latest act of art vandalism. [2012 October 30, Jessica Redmond, “It was all yellow: Some dude defaces a Rothko in the name of ‘yellowism’”, in Columbia Spectator:]
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In addition to size, manufacturers hope to attract buyers with added gadgetry despite disappointing sales of 3D televisions, an innovation hullaballooed at CES last year only to flop in stores. [2013 January 8, Rory Carroll, “CES 2013: TV companies hope size and sharpness are the future”, in The Guardian:]