hoopla

Meaning

Noun

• A bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
• A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.

Origin

• Earlier houp-la, hoop la , probably from French houp-là, oup-là, a cry to various animals close to humans like horses and dogs, of likely onomatopoeic origin. Compare interjections like whoop, ahoy, hoo.