All the hubbub in the airport made it hard to hear the flight announcements.
the hubbub surrounding the film star
We went to the country to escape the hubbub of the city.
What's all the hubbub about?
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Set the scene Set on a leafy corner of Recoleta, close enough to the action but removed from the tourist hubbub, Sofitel is polished without being stuffy, the kind of place where everyone looks put-together even at breakfast.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026 On January 21st, an ICE vehicle pulled into the loading dock of the high school; in a video of the incident, taken from a classroom window, students can be overheard in a hubbub of jeering, incredulity, and fear.—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2026 And the hubbub that surrounds her is an effective enactment of the multitasking pressures a contempo pop star faces.—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026 The actor later told his followers not to make such a hubbub out of a simple comment.—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hubbub
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Etymology
perhaps of Irish origin; akin to Scottish Gaelic ub ub, interjection of contempt