gobbledygook

noun

gob·​ble·​dy·​gook ˈgä-bəl-dē-ˌgu̇k 

-ˌgük

variants or less commonly gobbledegook

: wordy and generally unintelligible jargon

Synonyms of gobbledygook

• gibberish
• rigmarole
• rhetoric
• double-talk
• hype
• bafflegab

Examples of gobbledygook in a Sentence

The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook.

cut through the gobbledygook and just tell me what the final cost of the car would be

Recent Examples on the Web

This dumbed-down Goebbels gobbledygook revived talking points that Habermas had tried to quash during the Historikerstreit. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

But at least some of it was gobbledygook. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

This time, however, Spielberg seems to be not so much leading as following the decades of lore and mythology — and gobbledygook — that his movie of 49 years ago helped inspire. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 June 2026

The prompts must make sense and cannot just be gobbledygook. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

irregular from gobble, noun

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gobbledygook

• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook
• chinook
• codebook
• cookbook
• fishhook
• forsook
• guidebook
• handbook
• logbook

Kids Definition

gobbledygook

noun

gob·​ble·​dy·​gook

variants also gobbledegook

ˈgäb-əl-dē-ˌgu̇k 

: wordy and generally meaningless jargon

Etymology

a playful expansion of gobble (noun) "a noise like that of a turkey"