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GARBOIL
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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
Sense 1
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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