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noun
- sensational, Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity.
- Noisy shouting or uproar.
- An inshore, surface-dwelling species of needlefish forming sizeable schools. Feeds mainly on sea grasses and small fishes. Mainly used as bait for offshore game fishes such as sailfish, sailfishes and marlin, marlins; utilized as a food fish in the West Indies.
Translations: - German: Klamauk
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verb
- To sensationalise or make grand claims.
- 1933 " w:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, s:Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 7 May 1933, Fireside Chat (7 May)
- : Industry has picked up, railroads are carrying more freight, farm prices are better, but I am not going to indulge in issuing proclamations of over-enthusiastic assurance. We cannot ourselves back to prosperity.
Translations: - German: marktschreierisch anpreisen
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