0 a game in which a ring is thrown so that it falls over an object:
a game of hoopla
1 exciting noise and activity in celebration of an event:
The usual hoopla surrounded the arrival of the pop star.
2 busy excitement or a lot of public attention for an event or activity:
Typically, in sports, the more anticipation and hoopla surrounding an event, the more likely it is to be laced with controversy.
The understated style is a pleasure to read, although it is possible that the lack of major hoopla will obscure the results for some readers.
Eventually, the patients and tourists stopped coming, leaving the town the way it was before the hoopla.
On this land, he set up an amusement park with hoopla stalls, a tower slide, a haunted house, and a scenic railway.
Games such as ringtoss or hoopla became popular as parlour games, whilst versions such as indoor quoits allowed pubs and taverns to maintain their quoits teams through the winter months.
Garden quoit and hoopla sets can be purchased in shops and usually involve players taking it in turns to throw rope or wooden hoops over one or more spikes.
