What's the difference between ballyhoo and needlefish?

Ballyhoo


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sandbech, McMorris and Winter X Games champion Max Parrot were among those who threw the much-ballyhooed triple cork, which is three head-over-heels flips considered way more dangerous and athletic and presumed to be the must-have trick to win the first Olympic gold in this sport’s history.
  • (2) It also opens a window into Trump’s much ballyhooed Twitter account, which has served as an aggressive outlet for the Republican frontrunner’s views, where he often retweets supporters.
  • (3) He went to Hamburg knowing the much-ballyhooed encounter with his US counterpart was a “win-win”, as Andrei Kolesnikov, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Centre, put it to the New York Times .
  • (4) The Giants, so far, have DOMINATED EVERY aspect of the game, from pitching to fielding to hitting, just like they dominated the much ballyhooed Texas Rangers with the "invincible" Cliff Lee and the messiah Josh Hamilton in the 2010 World Series.
  • (5) The ref wags his finger at both players but decides against showing any cards, probably because he didn't have a clear view of the ballyhoo.
  • (6) 2.37pm BST Here's an animation produced by Nasa explaining its mission to capture an asteroid: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 2.36pm BST A group of Nasa directors discusses the agency's much-ballyhooed plan to capture an asteroid and then mine it for research.
  • (7) However his much ballyhooed $475 golden iPhone case, the foto.sosho , produced by his wearable tech company, i.am+, was less successful.
  • (8) Read more The former vice-presidential candidate announced her endorsement of the Republican frontrunner at a much ballyhooed event which took place inside a heated barn on the Iowa State University campus.
  • (9) The problem with the much-ballyhooed and thoroughly underwhelming changes to food labeling is that these modifications are not only minor and still subject to a long rulemaking process, but, on the issue of portion size, these proposals only affect 27 of the 157 product categories subject to portion rules.
  • (10) So far this seems like full spectrum domination, the same way they dominated the much ballyhooed Cliff Lee, Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers in the 2010 World Series.

Needlefish


Definition:

  • (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.
  • (n.) The garfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A traumatic internal carotid-cavernous sinus fistula due to a penetrating injury caused by a needlefish is described.

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