excitement (noun)
81horse racing — noun the sport of racing horses • Members of this Topic: ↑triple crown, ↑field, ↑triple crown • Hypernyms: ↑racing • Hyponyms: ↑thoroughbred racing * * * ˈhorse racing …
82locoism — noun a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis • Syn: ↑loco disease • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * ˈlōkōˌizəm noun ( s) Etymology …
83Pontiac — noun famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715 1769) • Instance Hypernyms: ↑Shawnee * * * Pontiac [Pontiac] noun a US car made by ↑General Motors, named after an 18th–century Native American leader.… …
84nine days' wonder — noun : an object or event that creates a short lived sensation those political explosions … that make a nine days wonder till something fresh comes along Mary Deasy a nine days wonder, fated to sink swiftly into obscurity Times Literary… …
85rowdydow — noun or row de dow ˈrau̇dēˌdau̇ ( s) Etymology: irregular from row (VI) 1. : noisy excitement : hubbub, to do …
86barn burner — noun : one that arouses much interest or excitement the game promises to be a real barn burner * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] US informal : a very exciting game, event, etc. The game should be a real barn burner …
87whoop-de-doo — noun see whoop de do * * * whoop de do or whoop de doo «HOOP dee DOO, HWOOP , HWUP », noun. U.S. Informal. noisy commotion or excitement; hullabaloo: »Despite all the whoop de do in the public press about it no one knows the real extent of… …
88alarums and excursions — noun plural Date: 1592 1. martial sounds and the movement of soldiers across the stage used as a stage direction in Elizabethan drama 2. clamor, excitement, and feverish or disordered activity …
89ardor — noun Etymology: Middle English ardour, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin ardor burning, heat, ardor, from aridus dry more at arid Date: 14th century 1. a. an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling < the sudden …
90barn burner — noun Date: circa 1960 one that arouses much interest or excitement < the game should be a real barn burner > …
