n. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
n. Noisy shouting or uproar.
v. To sensationalise or make grand claims.
n. An inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools.
n. An unseaworthy or slovenly ship.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. to advertize or publicize noisily or blatantly.
n. noisy or blatant advertizing or publicity.
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n. blatant or sensational promotion
v. advertize noisily or blatantly
Word Usage
"The next town we come to there was a county fair, and the doctor run acrost an old pal of his'n who had a show on the grounds and wanted to hire him fur what he called a ballyhoo man."