garboil

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Noun

HYPHEN

gar=boil

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun garboil has 1 sense

garboil(n = noun.state) tumult, tumultuousness, uproar - a state of commotion and noise and confusion;

is a kind of commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do

has particulars: combustion

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CIDE DICTIONARY

garboil, n. [OF. garbouil; cf. Sp. garbullo, It. garbuglio; of uncertain origin; the last part is perh. fr. L. bullire to boil, E. boil.].

Tumult; disturbance; disorder. Shak. [1913 Webster]