HOOPLAS Synonyms

• a vigorous blow

• an uproarious party

• hit hard

• a festival marked by merrymaking and processions

• a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

• a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.

• a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

• any joyous diversion

• the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual

• any joyous diversion

• an elaborate party (often outdoors)

• a gay festivity

• a gay festivity

• an organization to gain political power

• a gathering of people for pleasure

• a band of people associated temporarily in some activity

• an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment

• a person involved in legal proceedings

• have or participate in a party

• unrestrained merrymaking

• blatant or sensational promotion

• advertize noisily or blatantly

• blatant or sensational promotion

• publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner

• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

• a wad of something chewable as tobacco

• blatant or sensational promotion

• electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

• an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

• an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

• an old or over-worked horse

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• persist in working hard

• deliver a quick blow to

• make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

• replace the center of a coin with a baser metal

• insert a plug into

• insert as a plug