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Definition of Gibberish
1. Noun. Unintelligible talking.
Generic synonyms: Bunk, Hokum, Meaninglessness, Nonsense, Nonsensicality
Specialized synonyms: Abracadabra, Babble, Babbling, Lallation, Blather, Blatherskite, Double Dutch, Double Talk, Gabble, Jabber, Jabbering, Mumbo Jumbo
Derivative terms: Gibber, Gibber
Definition of Gibberish
1. n. Rapid and inarticulate talk; unintelligible language; unmeaning words; jargon.
2. a. Unmeaning; as, gibberish language.
Definition of Gibberish
1. Noun. speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless ¹
2. Noun. needlessly obscure or overly technical language ¹
3. Adjective. unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gibberish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gibberish
Literary usage of Gibberish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"gibberish; помете. Beat. LOCKS-AND-KEYS. Ash-keys. Watt. LOCKS-AND-LICE. A kind
of cloth. LOCK-SPIT. A small cut with a spade to show divided by a new fence ..."
2. American Wit and Humor by Joel Chandler Harris (1907)
"William L. Alden gibberish IT is estimated that there are at this moment seven
million small boys in this country. Of this number—if we except those who are ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Any language, dialect, or form of speech that the common people did not understand,
was either called gibberish or Greek. Thus the slang of the beggars, ..."
4. Biographical Sketch of Linton Stephens, (late Associate Justice of the by James D. Waddell (1877)
"You can't imagine how intense an attention she gives to these representatives,
nor what a Babel of gibberish she sometimes delivers in response to them. ..."
5. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"... burlesque sort of gibberish by those who either were unable to comprehend
their meaning, or desired to ridicule their folly. See " Remains of Early Pop. ..."
6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1838)
"... praying in gibberish, and mumbling of beads—had he heard an old woman say her
prayers in Latine, their sprinkling of holy water, and going a procession, ..."
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