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BALLYHOO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blatant or sensational promotion

Synonyms:

ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ballyhoo" is a kind of...):

packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity (a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution)

Derivation:

ballyhoo (advertize noisily or blatantly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Advertize noisily or blatantly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "ballyhoo" is one way to...):

advertise; advertize; publicise; publicize (call attention to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

ballyhoo (blatant or sensational promotion)

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