1. Plural of garboil; tumultuous disturbance, confusion, or turmoil.
Usage: archaic; literary

1. Third-person singular present tense of garboil; to throw into confusion or turmoil.
Usage: archaic; literary

Examples

• The political garboils of the seventeenth century left the kingdom in disarray.
• Civil unrest and garboils plagued the nation for decades.
• The scandal garboils the entire community with suspicion and fear.
• Such garboils in the marketplace caused merchants to flee the city.
• Nothing garboils a household more than unexpected family conflict.
• The garboils of war disrupted trade routes across the continent.