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BALLYHOO ARTIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ballyhoo artist mean?
• BALLYHOO ARTIST (noun)
The noun BALLYHOO ARTIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
Familiarity information: BALLYHOO ARTIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ballyhoo artist; sensationalist
Hypernyms ("ballyhoo artist" is a kind of...):
publiciser; publicist; publicizer (someone who publicizes)
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