Meaning of GIBBERISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'jiburish
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| | Definition: | | [n] unintelligible talking |
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| | Synonyms: | | gibber |
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| | See Also: | | abracadabra, babble, babbling, blather, blatherskite, double Dutch, double talk, gabble, hokum, jabber, jabbering, lallation, meaninglessness, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, nonsensicality | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gib"ber*ish\, n. [From {Gibber}, v. i.]
Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language;
unmeaning words; jargon.
He, like a gypsy, oftentimes would go; All kinds of
gibberish he had learnt to known. --Drayton.
Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing
themselves with. --Hawthorne.
\Gib"ber*ish\, a.
Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
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