Definition of "ballyhooing" [ballyhooing]

• Present participle of ballyhoo. (verb)

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• "Consequently, it seems politically and ethically foolhardy for the president to vocally support nuclear power while ballyhooing its "safety.""
• "When the mailwoman walked up Fabre's front steps, past Belle, his white cat, she delivered six glossy, full-color political fliers ballyhooing candidates up and down the ballot."
• "For all their ballyhooing about “manliness,” the American players are covered up more tightly than Victorian grandmothers, another concession to the sexaphobic holy rollers."