hullabaloo

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a loud noise made by people who are angry or annoyed; a lot of angry comments made in public about someone or something:

make a hullabaloo There's a crowd of angry demonstrators making a real hullabaloo outside the Houses of Parliament.

public disapproval or complaints:

The minister resigned after all the hullabaloo over his affair with an actress.

a loud noise made by people, often because they are angry, or a situation in which many people are angry or upset:

They finally stopped production of the play because of all the hullabaloo it caused.