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ballyhooing

Variant of ballyhoo

noun

  1. loud talk; noisy uproar
  2. loud, exaggerated, or sensational advertising or propaganda

transitive verb, intransitive verb ballyhooed, ballyhooing

Informal to advertise or promote by sensational methods

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