corroboree

noun

cor·​rob·​o·​ree kə-ˈrȯ-bə-rē 

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1

: a nocturnal festivity with songs and symbolic dances by which the Australian aborigines celebrate events of importance

2

Australia

a

: a noisy festivity

b

: tumult

Synonyms

• ado
• alarums and excursions
• ballyhoo
• blather
• bluster
• bobbery
• bother
• bustle
• clatter
• clutter [chiefly dialect]
• coil
• commotion
• disturbance
• do [chiefly dialect]
• foofaraw
• fun
• furor
• furore
• fuss
• helter-skelter
• hoo-ha
• hoo-hah
• hoopla
• hubble-bubble
• hubbub
• hullabaloo
• hurly
• hurly-burly
• hurricane
• hurry
• hurry-scurry
• 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

Examples of corroboree in a Sentence

quite a corroboree when Britain's royal couple paid a visit to Sydney

Recent Examples on the Web

In Australia, the tiny black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog was nearly pushed to extinction by the fungus. —Jonathan Kolby, National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2016

The late Lin Onus's paintings depict water lilies -- the habitat of the southern corroboree frog, of which there are now fewer than 100 in the world. —Leanne Mirandilla, CNN, 2 July 2017

In Australia, the tiny black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog was nearly pushed to extinction by the fungus. —Jonathan Kolby, National Geographic, 7 Apr. 2016

Word History

Etymology

Dharuk (Australian aboriginal language of the Port Jackson area) garaabara

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1