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GARBOIL

Dictionary entry overview: What does garboil mean?

• GARBOIL (noun)
The noun GARBOIL has 1 sense:

1. a state of commotion and noise and confusion

Familiarity information: GARBOIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GARBOIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A state of commotion and noise and confusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

garboil; tumult; tumultuousness; uproar

Hypernyms ("garboil" is a kind of...):

commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "garboil"):

combustion (a state of violent disturbance and excitement)

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