hoo-hah

noun

A fuss, an uproar, a commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

Meanings

nounhoo-hah (countable and uncountable, plural hoo-hahs)

plural hoo-hahs

  1. Alternative spelling of hoo-ha.
    1. countableuncountableA fuss, an uproar, a commotion or stir; hype; brouhaha, hullabaloo.

      It was also very scenic, and we all love to enjoy our scenery from a train window. If it had been a line passing nowhere of note, I doubt there would have been so much of a 'hoo-hah' over its demise.

      2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 38
    2. countableuncountableThe vagina, the vulva.

      He picked up a ginormous speculum that looked alarmingly like a .44, and headed towards her hoo-hah.

      2010, Pamela DuMond, Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys
      1 more example

      Here I been thinkin' she's a prude an' she's been out back barin' her hoo-hah the whole fuckin' time.

      2004, Steven Lance, Vulgarian Goulash: Second Serving, page 85

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna disorderly outburst or tumult

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

hoo-hah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoo-hah

MLA

“hoo-hah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoo-hah. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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