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gibberish

noun gib·ber·ish \ ˈji-b(ə-)rish , ˈgi- \
|Updated on: 7 Jul 2018

Definition of gibberish

: unintelligible or meaningless language:
a : a technical or esoteric (see esoteric 1) language
  • The doctors spoke to one another in their medical gibberish that I was unable to follow.
b : pretentious or needlessly obscure language
  • The substance of the philosopher'swork is buried in polysyllabic gibberish.

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Examples of gibberish in a Sentence

  1. She was talking gibberish in her sleep.

  2. was so excited he could only talk gibberish

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Origin and Etymology of gibberish

probably from gibber

gibberish Synonyms

Synonyms

abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, double-talk, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle;

Related Words

blah (also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle;

chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter;

cackle, clack, clatter;

GIBBERISH Defined for English Language Learners

gibberish

noun

Definition of gibberish for English Language Learners

  • : foolish, confused, or meaningless words

GIBBERISH Defined for Kids

gibberish

noun gib·ber·ish \ ˈji-bə-rish \

Definition of gibberish for Students

: confused meaningless talk

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