First Known Use: 1811
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corroboree
noun cor·rob·o·ree \kə-ˈrȯ-bə-rē, -ˈrä-\
Definition of CORROBOREE
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: a nocturnal festivity with songs and symbolic dances by which the Australian aborigines celebrate events of importance
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Origin of CORROBOREE
Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) garaabara
Related to CORROBOREE
- Synonyms
- ado, alarums and excursions, ballyhoo, blather, bluster, bobbery, bother, bustle, clatter, clutter [chiefly dialect], coil, commotion [Australian], disturbance, do [chiefly dialect], foofaraw, fun, furor, furore, fuss, helter-skelter, hoo-ha (also hoo-hah), hoopla, hubble-bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly, hurly-burly, hurricane, hurry, hurry-scurry (or hurry-skurry), kerfuffle [chiefly British], moil, pandemonium, pother, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, shindy, splore [Scottish], squall, stew, stir, storm, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter, whirl, williwaw, zoo
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