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jabberwocky

noun

ˈja-bər-ˌwä-kē How to pronounce jabberwocky (audio)
Definition of jabberwockynext
as in nonsense
unintelligible or meaningless talk when he gets angry, he talks in a sort of agitated jabberwocky that is really quite comical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jabberwocky
  1. nonsense
  2. babble
  3. prattle
  4. jabber
  5. chatter
  6. gibberish
  7. mumbo jumbo
  8. burble
Noun
  • The other two, the no-nonsense Clara (Ayanna Nicole Thomas) and the all-nonsense Farley (Gabriel Marcus Omlor), have a subplot of their own.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Ziegler says his team may find that a model produces nonsense under an unusual formatting request or that an external safety checker needs to intervene more frequently.
    — Barbara Booth, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of nonsense
Noun
  • Companies modelled after Mary Kay that have reprised empowerment babble for their founders’ gain are mentioned but receive scarce judgment.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • The film almost completely drops any and all scientific babble from the book in favor of character development, action sequences, and emotional gut punches.
    — Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of babble
Noun
  • The Korean Football Association was furious, responding to this juvenile, but ultimately harmless, prattle by boycotting the Korean press.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • Some of the prattle can feel like treading water, a delaying tactic until the inevitable confrontation scene.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of prattle
Noun
  • Some children clustered there to jabber and run madly about, while others just wanted attention and knew how to get it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And given that these are not professional actors, or even (in most cases) people who aspire to be, LaBeouf’s words to them, full of deadly serious jabber about empathy and ego, are pumped up with an intensity that feels overdone and inappropriate.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2025
Definition of jabber
Noun
  • There’s talk amongst the crowd about the album, but nothing as loud or abrasive as the chatter happening online about everything from her album cover to her single choices to her strong, vocal opinions about her album cover and single choices.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026
  • And for all the chatter, Jenna and Val’s first routine kind of falls flat anyway.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • Dozens of countries’ names were misspelled or written in pure gibberish.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of other countries' names were misspelled or written in pure gibberish.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of gibberish
Noun
  • Their supporters with zero life experience are devouring their pie-in-the-sky mumbo jumbo.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • Also, nowhere in that long letter of legal mumbo jumbo is there any mention of the 72% of the people who voted in favor of auditing the Legislature.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 12 Feb. 2026
Definition of mumbo jumbo
Noun
  • The beautifully spacious production adds Depeche Mode synth burbles, Phil Spector-style girl-group castanets, and piano frills straight off an Abba record.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Out beyond the shore, the sky had turned a wash of pink and gold—a celestial curtainfall soundtracked by the thwack of a snare drum, and the mellifluous burble of yet another pint being poured.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of burble
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“Jabberwocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jabberwocky. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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