cor·rob·o·ree (k -r b -r )n. 1. An Australian Aboriginal dance festival held at night to celebrate tribal victories or other events. 2. Australian a. A large, noisy celebration. b. A great tumult; a disturbance. [From Dharuk garabari.] |
corroboree [kəˈrɒbərɪ]
n Austral
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a native assembly of sacred, festive, or warlike character
2. Informal any noisy gathering
[from a native Australian language]
Corroboree a hilarious assembly, based on the Australian dance, 1793.
Examples: large chattering corrobories . . . of kingfishers, 1885; of lyrebirds, 1892.
Translations
corroboree
n (Austral) Tanzritual der Aborigines (fig) → rauschendes Fest
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