First Known Use: 1800
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bobbery
noun bob·bery \ˈbä-b(ə-)rē\
plural bob·ber·ies
Definition of BOBBERY
: hubbub
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Origin of BOBBERY
Hindi bāp re, literally, oh father!
Related to BOBBERY
- Synonyms
- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, commotion, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, corroboree [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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